Flashback Friday

Today's flashback photo I was originally was going to add to the me, myself and I post I did the other day, but I saved it just for today!! This is from The Boys very first Halloween! This would have been October 2000 and he was 10 months old! He was a little panda bear, it was seriously the cutest! I remember finding it online months before Halloween, it was part of the Tom Arma collection and was a must have! Boy did I have to save for that one!! We didn't go but a few places, mainly family and friends, but he sure loved it. Everything except the panda eyes Auntie Mimmy gave him! Those were a hot smeared mess that is for sure!! He knew something wasn't right and did everything in his little power to get that off his face!! Happy Friday all, have a great one and a even better weekend!

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Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday

This was taken when my precious baby boy was just 5 days old! My goodness so tiny and damn I look so young!! Hard to believe that month early little dude is now a 12 year old junior high boy!! He will always be Mama's little man no matter how old!! Happy Friday to all!!

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Flashback Friday

Back To School

Well it has been a busy busy week around these parts that is for sure! This week it was time for the kiddos to get back to school :) It went awesome! Both kids love their teacher, well teachers for The Boy, have made some great new friends and had an all around great first week back to school! I went to take a few pics of The Boy outside the junior high the day before rather than on his first day! He didn't think it would be too cool with his mom making him stand and pose in front of the school in front of hundreds of 7th and 8th graders, so we compromised ;) I still cannot believe my baby boy is a 7th grader, craziness I tell you! I got pretty emotional on back to school orientation night, thank goodness his dad went with him, I just lost it when he came into our room dressed and ready to go, it would have been worse I think had I

gone lol! Little Miss absolutely loves being in 1st grade and has the sweetest teacher! Don't mind the dry, dead and utterly blah looking grass in her photos! It is hard to believe that a just a few months ago it was so nice, green and pleasant to look at! Blah overly hot summer!! Anyway, Little Miss had a great first week as well! She loves coming home and telling us all about her day, what she did, what she ate, what she played, things she learned and people she met and played with! I absolutely love it!! Things have started to fall back into routine as well and I am all for that!! I am getting caught up on things around the house (well except that pesky sock basket that I seriously am still avoiding), I got the planner all filled out with our school activities and days off for the next school year and that makes me a happy camper too!! All and all is was a pretty great week!! I have lots planned for next week but that goodness will be part of Super Sunday coming up!! Well they eyes are starting to grow tired so that means it is time for bed! I am trying to get better with that as well! Here's to a great weekend!!

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Back To School

Flashback Friday

Talk about a flashback indeed!! Here we are with The Boy on his 4th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's!! Cannot believe that in a few weeks this little boy of ours will be in junior high :( I know I tend to say that each year, but this year it's really hitting me that my little boy is growing up!! It just still gets me a little teary eyed realizing hes's 100% out of little boy clothes and in men's clothing!! When did this happen seriously?! Though as it did though I have to admit that I am so very proud of the preteen he has became!! He has such a warm, kind heart, sweet personality, he is hilarious (which I mean he's half me so that is a given lol lol...so just kidding, but really he's seriously funny) He's so smart, get's awesome grades, is such an exceptional gifted and talented artist (which that comes from Dad), I am just beyond proud of him!! He will always be my little boy no matter how tall he gets (which this summer he has totally surpassed

me), what grade he goes in, how cool he is, he will always be Mama's Little Man!! 

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Christmas Catch Up

I seriously cannot believe that it's Christmas Eve, oh my it snuck up so quick, but I am excited that it is here! All Christmas presents have been bought and wrapped up, stockings are ready to be stuffed, I think this is going to be the most laid back Christmas ever!! The only thing left to be done is the baking goodies part and we are doing that later on today :)
I promise once the busyness of the holidays passes I will totally get back on the right updating track! Though I feel like I have been seriously repeating myself like a broken record these last few posts!! I have all the intentions in the world to post daily, but life has kind of been getting in the way. I had finals at school to study my butt off for, so I have been spending the last two weeks just simply studying and preparing myself. I didn't do the best on my midterm so I knew that I had to get it right come final time (which in the end I did..whoot whoot). That has been my main focus really, other than getting ready for the holidays!! I managed to get a GREAT photo session in with my wonderful kiddos and I am so so so SO VERY pleased with the results!!  I am having such a hard time deciding which ones I want to display because I have so many that I absolutely adore and want displayed!! Usually by the second or third

snap they are done, but not this time!! We got so many awesome shots and they did absolutely wonderful, makes this mama super uber proud for sure!! I had found a few neat inspiration ideas via the wonderful Pinterest a few months back, so I put my own spin on them and couldn't be happier with the results!! I didn't want them all to be posed shots, though some are in fact mixed in. For the most part though, the majority are those candid type, which totally rock my socks!! I have been keeping up with the photo challenge that I posted last and I do still intend on putting those up on here as well! I am just really so bad about sticking with a photo challenge, I have got to get better at that for sure!! At least posting them, I already have the taking them daily down great!!

These two pictures right here are by far some of my favorites!! Especially the first one on the left! I just love the love(ahh haa made myself laugh a little), but really the love that my two kiddos have for one another is totally displayed in this first picture!! Little Miss totally loves her big brother and big brother loves and protects Little Miss! I wouldn't have it any other way either!! I am truly blessed to be their mommy!! Well it's way way way passed my bedtime(I always seem  to do this way later than planned), but here is wishing each and everyone a very Merry Christmas..Happy Holiday!! I will be back in a few days with lots more pictures and all that goodness!! Blessings to you all :)

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Christmas Catch Up

My Boy..The Sickie

He may be taller than me, but he will always be my little boy!! Even though I have not been feeling too well this week, he has made it his duty to make sure I always have a fresh glass of water, a blanket and a charged phone and knows just how to make his mama smile :)
Though the past few nights he himself hasn't been feeling too well :( So today was a day where we both made it nap time day lol! Hopefully tonight will be a lot better for him and he will feel all better tomorrow. It's been a little nice having my snuggle bug at home with me too! Just goes to show that no matter how big he gets, he will always be my little boy!!

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My Boy..The Sickie

Red Ribbon Week - Day 3

Whoo hoo for day 3 of red ribbon week..today is Wacky Wednesday!! Little Miss is all about this fun and wacky outfit and she totally come up with it on her own. She wanted to wear her pants not only inside out but backwards as well. I told her it should be pretty interesting when it comes time to use the restroom lol! Luckily the pants just slide right off so there should be no issue lol! The wacky hair was her idea as well, we had some orange hair spray for Halloween and so she wanted some of that on her mismatched pigtails lol! This was such a fun outfit!!

The Boy finally let me take his picture for red ribbon week too! His theme today was Sports, but you could wear at hat too, so he was just sporting the hat in this shot. He had also taken his KC Chiefs jersey with him, but since it was what and a little misty out he didn't want to ruin it ;)

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Red Ribbon Week - Day 3

Halloween Party Time

Here are the kiddos sporting their costumes for the night :) I didn't take any with the good camera, but that is just fine with me lol lol Halloween will be here soon enough and there will be tons from that evening :) I talked Little Miss into going as a Zombie type cheerless cheerleader and it turned out a lot better than I thought it was going too lol! The Sweets took care of The Boy and it was a blast!! Little Miss only wanted to go through the maze once, she got a little scared even though she knew she was related to almost everyone dressed up in it lol lol It was a fun night though :)

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Halloween Party Time

Super Sunday Already...

Wow, it's already Sunday, dang this week went by super fast and this weekend has been a total relaxing and lazy one. My goal of blogging the full week was non-existing this week, but I am ok with that lol lol!! I think I got at least two days lol lol
The Boy has been at a friends all weekend, which before he went he totally organized his closet and OMG I am teaching him well because it looks darn awesome if I say so myself!! Little Miss has been avoiding cleaning her room like the plague and I have slipped and let her play over at the neighbors house lol lol! My sister came and stayed the weekend and that was a blast in a half! We had some late night shopping fun and took advantage of a goofy mirror at the store. It was a blast!
As for me I have been working on edits all weekend it seems lol lol Which I love and am totally loving the way that they turned out!! Paige was such an awesome person to work with and she rocks it in front of the camera!! I am in dire need to change up my photography blog, so I have to get that done before I upload some sneak peeks on it!!
As for this weeks goals, it's going to be a busy one again!! I have a meeting on Monday, 2 parent teacher conferences (one of which is going to be at the house, never had one of those before, but how cool is that?!), football practice, The Boys last game and a bunch of other little things that I do on a weekly/daily basis!!
I have also got to get Little Misses costume all situated, this is the first year I haven't had it a month before Halloween lol lol She wants to be Dorothy from Wizard of Oz and they have that costume everywhere so I am sure I won't have a problem finding it. The Boy has decided that he is too old for trick or treating so looks like he will be just a car rider this year lol lol I am sure he will change his mind before then ;) He has a Halloween party this next weekend and I know we will come up with something cool for him to be for that one. He was thinking a zombie, so I am sure we can come up with something kooky and fun!! So here is to a long and productive week for me :)

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Super Sunday Already...

My Boy

You see this handsome football loving guy right here? Ooh boy do I love him so, there is not a day that goes by where I don't smile because of him!! I know I can say this a lot and I don't think I will ever stop, but dang they grow up so very fast, I mean really they do!! As I was editing these pictures I remember when he first started playing football, he was so little(who am I kidding he was never little, he has always been a tall one lol, but you know what I mean), he was missing his teeth, it was so adorable!! About a week ago I was going through a slideshow video site I used a few years ago and I found a video I had made for The Boy during his first years of football :) It was so neat!! It had where I could access the pictures so I totally

had to add these older pics of his first 2 years on here!! The one where he is in blue was from 2007 and the black was 2008. The team names were so funny that first year. His team name was The Flash and his second they were the Nittany Lions :) Fun times!! We are winding down the football season now, it really went by fast this time around too!! I wish it was longer that is for sure, maybe that would make me feel a little better for all the money we shell out each year between the fees, equipment, shoes, pants and everything of the sort lol lol !! Both games last week went awesome and they won both!! We have two games again this week and hopefully we can have the same results!! Well I believe that I have rambled enough for the morning!!

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My Boy

Game Time

 

Well tonight was The Boy's first football game of the season, it was a loss, but still a fun game! I am looking forward to the next few games, we played a team that was the same exact color as ours, so that was interesting lol! Luckily they had our boys wear a vest over their jerseys so we were able to tell which team was which lol! When we first got to the field we sat and watched the other team practice thinking it was our own lol Hopefully next weeks games will bring some wins for the guys. We have a game on Monday and Thursday so it's going to be a football filled week that is for sure!! Good job Hurricanes :) 

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Game Time

The Boy

Today the boy had his pictures for football and I had to snap a quick one before we left. While I usually take his individual pic, we still get the team picture. This is going to be something that will be so neat to look back on. His dad has a book he made when he was in high school and in it is one of his team pictures from the same football organization!! Neat indeed!!
It makes me so glad that we have these photographic memories to look back on. I have always loved taking and looking though pictures and I can only hope that once the kiddos are my age they love looking back on it as much as I do. Of course there are times where they are like, "ok mom don't you have enough pictures", but there are other times where they are like, "ummm are you going to take a picture of this" lol! I know deep down though, they will totally appreciate it ;)

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The Boy

Ready For Some Football

Tonight was The Boy's first football practice and it went really well!! While it took us a little bit to find where exactly his team was, he was ready to play! Today was just a day to get to know how everyone played and filled with team drills and such! The Boy did awesome and really got some great knockdowns!! In the picture on the left after all was said and done not only did he get the guy in front of him, but he took out 3 others in the process! After practice he was so proud and said, "This is gonna be the best year of football Mom", totally made my heart smile!! I love that boy!!

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Ready For Some Football

It's That Time....

Time for some football!! I seriously love this time, so close to Fall and cooler weather!! Today was sign ups for The Boy to play some football!! He was strutting his signature football pose that we take every year too lol! It's always a mad rush when football signups hit our community center and today made me so super glad that we got there an hour early! By the time we got all registered and got the gear to leave the line was seriously around the building and through the front part of the parking lot!! Crazy!! Kind of sad to think that this is the last year he will play for the center, the next step is junior high football....can we say WOW!!

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It's That Time....

Hello my name is FUNNY

You thought the picture from yesterday was funny, well feast your eyes upon this one right here! Little Miss is never shy when it comes to making a funny face!! She has really got a sense of humor on her and an abundance of funny faces to go right along with it!! The sweets always jokes how he can totally see her on Saturday Night Live one day!! What makes this picture even funnier is that, she did that face all on her own. I just said 1-2-3 and this is what the camera captured!! I love it and so am going to frame it!! It's perfect!!

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Hello my name is FUNNY

My Boys

Ok so the sweets would probably be not too happy knowing that I am sharing this on my blog, but I cannot resist! These are the moments that make me smile and laugh and remind me how grateful I am.
Today was one of those laid back days, I decided to pull out a book of old cd's and we just listened and reminisced, danced around and acted goofy. At some point these 3d glasses turned photo props and we took some super funny pictures!! This by far was one of the best ones other than one of Little Miss and The Boy! I will put that one up tomorrow lol! Each time I look at this pic the look on the sweets face is just priceless, so makes me chuckle and laugh out loud!! Boy do I love this man and the super cute boy beside him!!

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My Boys

Little Miss

It's that time, back to school shopping :) One of my most favorite parts of summer lol lol! New clothes, shoes, supplies..you name it I love getting it lol! This weekend we totally took advantage of some awesome sales our most favorite stores were having, one of them being Gymboree!! I had like $75 in gymbucks to use and there were some super SUPER sweet deals in the clearance area!! I seriously love LOVE LOVE that store and it's clearance! Little Miss got lots of cute things that is for sure!! She was so happy to carry one of the bags and of course had to strike her signature pose lol!
We scored some really awesome deals for The Boy as well!! Who can beat $7 jeans from Hollister, and $5 jeans from Aeropostale, totally stoked up on those and had to deal with some weepy eyes when I realized that we are now buying him jeans in the mens section..where does the time go for real!!  The length is mainly what he needs them for, but still I want my little boy back who says "bubble dum" instead of bubble gum!! Back to the main point of this post though, there are a lot of good deals out right now and totally take advantage of them :)

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Little Miss

Happy Birthday To You...

11 years ago today I gave birth to the most precious 6 pound, 8 ounce little man. Sure he was a month early, but he was just perfect and healthy in every way possible. That day my life truly changed forever, I felt that love at first sight feeling that is really just indescribable, sure I was a little scared, but who wouldn't be being a first time mommy. The whole day and night I just held and stared at my precious boy and knew from that moment on, it wasn't about me anymore, I held in my arms someone who I was now responsible for, for the rest of my life. I wouldn't trade that feeling at that moment for anything in this world. He changed my life forever and for that I am so graciously grateful, he gave me the best job I have ever held in my life, and that is the job of being the best mother that I can be. I was truly blessed on January 11, 2000 and to my son I wish you the best birthday! We are so very proud of you son, you keep us laughing, smiling and we are really so blessed! Mom and Dad love you!How cool is it that today, he turns 11 on 1-11-11!!

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Happy Birthday To You...