Mish Mash

Yesterday Colton and I went to Henryetta to celebrate my great aunt (Colton's great great aunt) 80th birthday. My dad's whole maternal side of the family was there...except my cousins that live in Florida. It was a great time! Lots of yummy food and dessert! I had a great time catching up with everyone. Colton had a great time running around the yard and being the center of attention. He is quite the little ham now days.

Yep, that little boy knows how to throw on the big smile and to show his charm. It was a great time and I hope Net had a wonderful 80th borthday!!

So day marks the FIRST day of me being a stay-at-home mom!!! Actually I am going to work 2 half days a week until they get someone to replace me full time. Which is great, because that way, I still get to see my wonderful friends. Today I worked until noon and came home for the day. It felt wonderful to come home for the day and be with Adam and Colton. We had lunch, I went to the gym, came home and Adam went to the gym. While he was there, Colton and I played, I read to him and we watched the Lion King. He actually sat in my lap and watched a little bit of the movie. It wa so sweet! I'm so excited that I get to do this every day from now on. We had a wonderful dinner and the little guy is down for the night. He went to sleep early tonight, because I think he's teething, so he was pretty fussy.

In a few days, we are going to Wisconsin!!! Adam is going to go hunting this weekend, which he is super excited about. It's something he's been doing for a long time...except since we've been married. Well, he's been hunting, just not in Wisconsin. He's been working the past couple years, so this year, he decided to take a couple days off so we can go up there. While he's hunting, I'm going to hang out with his mom, sisters and a couple friends. I'm excited to get some girl time with them! And I know they're all excited to spend time with Colton.

We have a lot of exciting times ahead of us and I'm soooo glad to be home!!!

Neighborhood Babies

Last weekend, I went to a baby shower for another neighborhood friend. She is actually having not 1, but 2 babies! Yes, she is having twins!! That means all of us neighborhood ladies will have little ones! She is actually getting the best of both worlds...boy AND girl! We are so excited for them and so excited that Colton is going to have all of these neighborhood friends to play with.

She had such a great shower! They had amazing food, yummy punch, cute decorations, and the mommy-to-be opened a ton of gifts from her friends and family for these sweet babies that will be here before we know it.

 

Melissa looks amazing! She doesn't even look like she's carrying two! I love all of these ladies and I'm so glad we live so close together! Can't wait until the babies arrive!!

Exciting Change

This coming Friday is my last full day at work. I'm going to do what I am most passionate about. I'm will be a full time mom. After Friday, I will be staying home with Colton and I could not be more excited! I have been back at work for almost a year exactly since I went back after he was born and it has broken my heart every week day morning when I have to leave his sweet face. Weekends haven't been long enough and Mondays always came too soon. Not only will I be home with Colton, I will also be with Adam more too. Adam has such a random schedule and it will be so nice to be home and spend time together.

It's very bitter sweet. I absolutely love the people I work with. I've made some amazing friends and also found out from working with them that I enjoy running. Who would've thought? They were there for me when I was pregnant and had so many questions. They were there the day I went into work and started having contractions, but was in denial and they told me to keep track of my time. They were there when as soon as Colton was born, waiting in the waiting room with my family. They were there when I went back to work. After the past 2 years, we have become more than co-workers and hopefully life long friends. I will miss seeing them every day. But I can always meet them at Alfredo's for lunch :)

This is a new beginning in our lives and I can't wait to start! I am very thankful for a husband who works hard and for the opportunity to get to do what I truly want to do. Colton is so much fun and I can't wait to make us breakfast in the mornings, play with him, read him books, teach him new things and just see his contagious smile all day long.

October

October was a big month! There were birthdays, engagements, tailgating and running. Of course, we had Colton's 1st birthday (there was a post about that on the wordpress blog). We also celebrated my Grandma's 85th birthday! Her favorite restaurant is Charlestons, so that's where we went.

So yummy! Also, that week, one of my best friends got engaged!! Sooooo excited for her! He is so good to her and I could not picture her with anyone else. I'm extremely happy for her and can't wait until the wedding (which she already has planning well underway). To celebrate, we went to Sushi Neko, we love sushi! We also went to Nova for a drink afterwards. It was such a great evening and talked all things wedding. It was nice to catch up and hear how excited she is and see her smile from ear to ear.



Jeremy did so good and surprised her! We also had another birthday celebration. My mom! We went to dinner at Othello's in Edmond. I've never been there and I loved the restaurant. It was so cute and the food was very good!

The very next morning, Matt, Mallory, Adam and I were running in a race. The Monster Dash in Norman. Of course, my friend/co-worker was running too. I'd like to say we run together, but she's pretty quick, so we start together and she waits at the finish line for me. This run was VERY COLD, but so fun, because my family was running too!

Adam finished first in just under 24 minutes, Matt was shortly after, around 27 minutes, Crystal was on his tail and Mallory and I finished a little later. I stuck with her since she hadn't ran in a long time, this was her first race and it was COLD! We finished together at 35 minutes. Not bad for her first race. Hopefully I can talk them into running more...once it warms up again. It was a fun race and it was nice to get back out there and run.

Right after the run, Adam and I hurried home, got ready and went to Stillwater to tailgate with his friends. It warmed up a little and we had such a good time! I saw a friend I hadn't seen since she got married last May, we saw Adam's old roommate and our friends Lindsay and Branden, as well as tailgating with our friends. I've been to Stillwater, but never to tailgate.

October was such a great month! A lot of wonderful memories! I think November is going to be a good month as well...it's started out well and we have plans that I'm really looking forward to.

Hopefully last month was great for you too! Have a wonderful first weekend of November. There are so many things to be thankful for!

Family Photos

We recently had our family pictures/Colton's 1 year photos taken by one of my longest friends. She recently started taking pictures and is doing amazingly well! She got a camera with some lenses for her birthday in the spring, played with it and she has got quite the eye and creativity for this. I'm so excited for her and so proud of her for what she is doing. I'll post a few of my favorites. We went to a pumpkin patch/corn maze for these photos, then came back to our house for a "cake smash" and I could not be more happy with them! I can't wait to have her do more of our photos in the future! Enjoy...

Have a wonderful evening and stay warm!

Starting Over...again

I've decided to come back to blogger. After typing out posts and pictures and wordpress not posting half or more than half of my post, I decided to come back here. We have a lot of new things going on in our family, so stay tuned!!