Catching Up With a Picture DUMP!

Heyyyyy there.  Remember when I told y'all I was pregnant?  And then fell off the planet?  Well I think I'm, very slowly, returning to earth.  I have been SO much sicker with this pregnancy than I was with C (of course, the pregnancy where I have a 22 mo old to chase after.  FIGURES)  But I think I'm out of the woods in that area.  I'm starting to actually be able to think about meat and vegetables again, watch TV commercials that involve any form of food without evoking my gag reflex and drink liquids that aren't water and milk.

Anywho, back to returning from outer space.  So we went to Michigan while I was secretly preggo.  And man I felt awful the whole. time.  Good news I was there with the majority of my family (minus the Mister, he had to work) and they were SUPER helpful with C giving me time to rest, relax, veg and have a little vacay time.  So let's get to the photo dump part ...

{Little man rocked the plane ride.  Mainly because he was in a state of hypnosis brought on by Thomas and Barney.}

{Um, pretty much loved the beach.}

{LOVED.}

{Just like his momma.  HATES when the ice cream's all gone!}

{Feelin' pukey but trying to look snazzy with my Silly and little sister.}

{Last day.  Couldn't resist this precious picture of my little man trottin' down to the beach.}

{And of course we got delayed on the way home so little man needed a "nack".  And I promise he's not jaundiced.  I was trying to be all "artsy" and used a setting on Instagram that came out ... a bit ... well, jaundiced.}

We had such a great time, we spent the majority of the time going to the darling town and shopping, cooking fantastic (that didn't sound so fantastic to me at the time, vom vom VOM-a-thon) dinners at the lake house, lounging on the beach, chasing C and relaxing.  It was a great time with my fabulous family.  

Also this summer, we had our first chocolate chip cookie ...

{You know you want a cookie now don't you?  Sorry he didn't get the "chew with your mouth closed" memo.  Ga-ross.  But hilarious nonetheless.}

And learned how to use a spoon ... 

{Who's mom of the year and puts Christmas jammies on their kid in August?  Me.  Right here.}

My best friend on the planet got engaged, we threw her a bachelorette party and she got married in a span of 2 months and words cannot EXPRESS how much my heart is filled with joy because of all of these events.  Her sweet hubby is a COMPLETE answer to prayer.  Watching them start their life together has been and will continue to be such a blessing.  Amazing.  

{Celebrating right after she got engaged.  This was obviously before I found out I was preg.  Hey there wine. Ohhhhhhhhhhh how I miss you.}

{The bachelortette (up top) at her dinner party.  And hey there zit mouth.  Thanks pregnancy hormones.}

These two continued their summer love affair ...

{Going in for the kill, approaching the target, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!}

I decided to get crafty to make something for my huge living room wall that I was having trouble filling up ...

{I'll let you guess what the last date ended up being ...}

I grew ...

And grew ... 

Oh and then we found out some more news ...

That's right!  C is going to have a LITTLE BROTHER!  And we couldn't be MORE thrilled!  I'm already used to a house full of testosterone, bring on some more!  I'll just have to be ALL the girly this house can take.  And I think I can handle that (smile).

So there you have it.  12 weeks of catch-up in one post.  If you've made it this far, you get a cookie.  Maybe C will share his with you?

Why I've Been Even MORE Mia Than Usual ...

Catching Up, AGAIN ...

Anyone else feel like the summer's flying by?

SHEEZ.

The last weekend in June the Mister kept C while I headed to San Antonio for a girl's weekend with my friend Amanda.

This is how the trip started out ...


And this is how it continued ...

















But the MAIN reason we went was to see this ...












That's right. Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour. OOOOMMMMMGGGGG it was amazing. Amanda and I both cried. Oh how I love MJ.

But it was great to get home to this guy ...



With his "kick-car" (guitar) that I brought him.

I promise to update about more later. Since then we've had Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (poor baby) and gone to my stepdad's lake house in Michigan and done all sorts of other summery stuff.

It'll be fall before we know it! I'm not going to lie, I'm ready for it!

Father's Day.

We had a great day Sunday celebrating the hottest dad in the world ...










Happy Father's Day to my sweet Mister, we LOVE you!

Catching Up ...

Man I'm bad about updating this thing. Bad, bad, bad.

So I figured I'd start catching up. The weekend before last I went with my family to my uncle's memorial (BIG thanks to the Mister for staying home with the munchkin BTW) in Dubois, WY.

First and foremost, can we talk about how breathtakingly beautiful it is there? GORG. And COLD. Texas people, be jealous. I was wearing a sweatshirt and pants and STILL wasn't warm enough. In June. Like we saw snow flurries at one point. I'm sewious.

A little background on my uncle. He was the drummer for The Doobie Brothers. Fact, A Doobies concert was the first one I ever went to. At like 8. And I'm pretty sure I was a little high from all the other concert attender's ... cigarette smoke ...

But that's neither here not there. Back to the memorial. It was held at his home in WY. He loved the outdoors and Dubois. And I'm about to show you why.










Those are all views off the back porch of his home. The memorial was everything he'd want it to be, people hanging out, celebrating his life and having fun. My cousins did a wonderful job putting it together. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves ...







The decal they had made of their dad ...






My cousins receiving an American flag for their dad's service in Vietnam ...



My family ...



We all wore these like backstage passes around our necks ...






More scenery pics with my Silly ...



Dinner in the cute little town one night ...


One of Mike's closest friends and band security for awhile, Leroy.



And the whole group that was there. Keep on rockin' Big Mike!

Winner ...

Winner chicken dinner!

I just wanted to announce a week late the WINNER of my giveaway! Jordan (who doesn't have a blog but shared it on her FB and follows my blog) is the lucky winner of the five Mighty Spirit Kids CDs! Laura I'll send you her address so you can get Jordan her CDs and she and sweet Wells can start jamming to scripture!

G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y!

Hey hey hey (anyone else hear that in Fat Albert's voice in their head?  No?  Just me?)  Remember when I promised I had a giveaway coming?  Well, it's HEERRRREEEEE!  And it's one I'm really excited about too.

A sweet fellow blogger and her precious family have put together a children's CD that she so graciously offered to give me prior to this giveaway.  Now, this CD was meant for C's benefit but let me tell you how much I've benefited from it as well.  The CD is based strictly on Scripture and I love love LOVE the fact that I find myself singing it all day long and in doing so, singing Scripture over myself, my home and my son.  I love it.  LOVE.

Here's a little video to give you a better idea of what the CD is all about ...

I mean really.  How cute are they?
How can you get it you ask?

Well you can do one of several options.

Visit their website.
Buy it on Amazon.
OR on iTunes.

What?  What's that you say?  What about the giveaway?  Oh yeah, I guess you could get it that way too.

And can we talk about how awesome they are?  They are giving away 5, yes FIVE, CDs to the lucky winner!  You can have one in your car, give one to a friend, neighbor, your church youth group, etc and so on and so forth.

How do you win you ask (y'all are being all sorts of inquisitive today)?

Well you have several options for entries:

First, you must be a follower of my blog. 
Second, you must post about the giveaway on facebook.
Third, you will get extra entries for posting their video on your facebook, twitter and/or blog (each an extra entry worth) 
And last, just wait to find out if you win!  

I will close the giveaway Friday at midnight and post the winner on Monday, June 11th.  Easy peasy right?

Not only is this giveaway beneficial for you, it's helping bring the Word of God to KIDS.  I think we can all agree today's youth could use God's Word sung into their lives, right?  So now?  Go forth and ENTER!  Good luck everyone!!!

(Make sure and leave a comment for each entry you do, so I can keep up with how many times to enter your name)