The Chin Meister

I just love this lil guy! His personality is just starting to show so I will have to post some more of him laughing. I do this thing with my tongue that makes a noise (I know, real attractive) and it gets him goin every time. He is so fun and sweet!

7 weeks later...and the chins multiply! I went ahead and posted updated pics of how big he is getting. My other 2 were lil skin and bones. I swear he can eat and eat...I can't believe how big he is getting already!

SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE

My sister, Lori tagged me with this cool "soundtrack of my life" idea...like if you were to make a movie of your life, what would the soundtrack be?

Here's how it works:
Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
Put it on shuffle
Press play
For every question (in bold) type the song that's playing
When you go to a new question, press the "next" button
Here's what I got... iPod, do your magic!! :)

Opening Credits:
"Underneath it all" - No Doubt
Waking up:
"Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie
First Day At School:
"I Don't Need to Be" - Lenny Kravitz
Falling In Love:
"The Longest Time" - Billy Joel
Fight Song:
"I Want You to Want Me" - Cheap Trick
Breaking Up:
"Mama Mia" - Abba
Prom:
"My Best Friend" - Tim McGraw
Life's OK:
"Anyway" - Martina McBride
Mental Breakdown:
"Mary Jane's Last Dance"- Tom Petty
Driving:
"Temperature" - Sean Paul
Flashback:
"Tear Drops on My Guitar" - Miranda Lambert
Getting Back Together:
"Love Story" - Taylor Swift
Wedding:
"That's How Love Moves" - Faith Hill
Birth of Child:
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwo
Final Battle:
"Apologize" - One Republic
Death Scene:
"100 Years" - Five For Fighting
Funeral Song:
"7" - Prince
End Credits:
"Bubbly" - Colbie Caillat

It's fun to try if you wanna do it!! Lori-mine kinda matched up like yours did...that's freaky! I tag anyone who wants to try this...

Few Things About Brock...

(Pic of Brock 2006)

He is really growing up, and being that he is my first, I did not expect it to happen so quickly! I don't know how many times I've teared up this week at that knowledge.

One interesting discussion:
"Mom, when I marry a pretty 'grill', can I bring her to your house and will you be nice to her and can you make her dinner?"... "And when we make cookies with her, I won't have to use a chair!"

"But, don't worry, I don't wanna get married for a long time cuz I wanna be your little boy."...

"Oh, and when I'm a Daddy, that means I can eat a taco!"

(where did that conversation come from?)

A discussion that made the ride home kinda hard because I was crying:
"Hey, Mom?" "I don't wanna give you a kiss when you drop me off at school."

why?

"Because I don't want my teacher to see"

he gets out of the car... "Bye, Brock. I love you!"

He looks around and says "Bye Mom"

I say again..."I LOVE you!"

The teacher says "Brock, your Mom loves you"

"Bye, Mom"
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Isn't he too young to be too cool to kiss mommy...or to be thinking about marriage?! Please tell me, because I wasn't prepared for this. Tell me I have a few more years and this is just a phase he is going through...:)

Alliance Air Show

Every year, Ft.Worth Alliance Airport hosts an air show. We weren't able to go last year, since we were out of town, but we went when Trey was a baby. It was just as fun this year, with true life airforce Thurnderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, etc. performing stunts with F-16's, the F-15 Eagle (super cool to watch, but way too loud!), and wing planes (don't know much about those). The boys had a GREAT time of course, being boys, and they even got to sit inside an old World War II plane and the Blackhawk! (They humored me by getting their cute lil faces painted too)
Here are some pictures...

Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

Brock's Preschool Class Brock's preschool took a field trip to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina, Tx. We go here every year so I thought it would be fun to take all 3 boys and meet them there...and it went surprisingly well. Trey was so tired, refused to look at the camera, and wanted to wander but other than that we had a great time!

They got to feed the animals...(yes, they are matching!)

We also got to pick out a pumpkin... enjoy a hayride...and even have a snack to wrap up the day!





Thanks, Brock for actually wanting us to come along-we had a great time!

(Sorry no pics of the baby-he was in the Bjorn the whole time)

Pumpkin Carving

Last night we decided to carve pumpkins as a family. We only got one done and figured we have a while until Halloween so we saved the other one...Brock chose to do a scary face jack-o-lantern and Trey wanted to do a silly one. So, Ty pretty much carved the whole thing by himself. He cleaned it while I fed the baby (something I seem to always be doing:) and Trey wanted NOTHING to do with getting his hands in the "yuck", as he called it. (See video below)

Brock was a good helper, but you know how high 4 yr olds' attention span is. It was a fun activity and I have to say the pumpkin turned out really scary sitting on our front porch!

...and someone PLEASE teach me how to load videos so they aren't sideways. I think I shot it w/the camera sideways-oops!

Mom's Eventful Day

So yesterday was quite eventful and I wanted to share with family members that view my blog (and friends) in case you didn't hear all the details.

My Mom lives with us and has been for about 6 months. She has been working in the Garden center at Wal-Mart for about the same amount of time and really works so hard! Honestly, 105 degree weather, working outside on your feet is not easy.

She was on a step ladder yesterday and as she tried to get down, she fell back and hit her head on a metal shelf behind her, leaving a huge knot on the back of her head. Right away, she felt whoozy and the employees had to keep her awake. She was taken over to an Urgent Care Facility and had a stroke while in care. She has had about a dozen strokes in her life so she knew she was having one. The moment I got there, an ambulance had arrived to take her into the ER at the hospital. So I walk in to where she is laying behind this curtain on a bed and her neck is in a brace (she hadn't received a CT scan yet for spinal injury-so I have the phone in hand ready to call Ty's Spinal Surgeon on speed dial) and the fire fighters that arrived in the ambulance lifted her onto their stretcher on a spinal board. I call and freak both Greg and Chad out by telling them all this (sorry guys-just didn't know what was going on)...

In the ER, she gets a CT scan that rules out any head or neck injuries. Poor Mom is in so much pain from this knot in the back of her head and she can't lift it to relieve any pressure-all I can do is bug the staff and make sure they charge EVERYTHING to Wal-Mart. So, to make a long story short, Mom is fine now and taking it easy for a few days. She is in a lot of pain, but we are so grateful she doesn't have any long-term effects from this. Unfortunately, the strokes continue to come every now and again-there is nothing medical staff can do about those but tell her to keep taking medicine to keep the blood flowing.

Mom, if you are reading this...hope you don't mind my sharing your story on my blog. I just want you to know I am so happy you are ok. When they carried you out on the stretcher, I couldn't help but cry seeing you that way. You, though, were just embarrassed and I could tell you wanted to laugh about the whole thing! It was a freak accident and it was a perfect ending to an already tough week! Thanks for being so strong all the time. You are truly an inspiration to me.