Happy Days

Here is a picture of our cousin Haylee to the left at our family egg hunt the day before Easter. Ty has found some eggs too and Olivia is just enjoying gripping the basket! Ty LOVES driving his 'big red car' and apparently eating dirt! Rock on little dude!


This is the absolute last tournament until next season, unless they make nationals-which is highly possible depending on how the girls do this weekend in Oklahoma. He has a great team and I am so thrilled for Trent. We will soon be reaping the benefits of time together after taking a new job with lots of changes.

We discussed buying a 'safari wagon' to take the kids out to the course everday this summer and walk 18. Yea, maybe I can get some sun so I won't look like a ghost next to my mexican husband! I am so excited to have the time together as a family. We are also enrolling Ty in swimming lessons out at Lakeridge so we will be spending quite a bit of time there. I may even do a mom and water babies class with Liv.

We did some running around yesterday and I got plants for my back porch and we got it cleaned up out there. I love going out there to drink my coffee in the morning while Ty plays with his golf set, drives the 'big red car' or digs in the dirt. My goal over the next week is to get my back flower bed in order. I will have to do some before and after pics! I love this weather and this time of year when the dirt has settled and the air is crisp.

I am sorry to say I did not getting any dig-pics of the fam at Easter. I have one with Ty, Olivia, Kaytee and Kelsee but its on the throw-away camera. It was quite a busy day starting at midnight the night before. We had to get Daddy packed and sent off, he left after early service so I was on my own after that and it just did not happen. Bad Mommy. Olivia will be taking her six month pic in her Easter dress so I will get some of those up when it happens.

That girl is just a growin and changin! She LOVES her big bro and is drawn to his little voice as well as Daddy's. She laughs and smiles at Ty constantly. I am always on alert thinking he might be bothering her but when I look she has got the biggest grin! She loves touching people's faces when they talk and holding a finger. She is fascinated by G's watch and figures out a way to get everything in her mouth! She is doing great with Rice Cereal and we are almost ready to move on to veggies. I made all my own stuff with Ty- so much cheaper!!!! I just got frozen bags at Wal-mart and cooked, blended and froze them on Sunday afternoons. Those little glad storage bowls, the little ones, are perfect! I guess I need to start stocking up again! I cannot believe she will be 6 months on May 11!!!!!! In this same amount of time, that seems like one month, we will be having her first birthday!!!!! I am getting sad! I am so excited about the times to come and watching her grow but I just want to hold on to each moment as long as I can. Say a little prayer for her, she is REAL congested and has what sounds like a horrible smoker's cough!!! She is on medicine but is sensitive to it and throws it up every last time. This is the only throwing up she is doing these days. I am calling tomorrow to see what else we can do to get her over this junk. So sad to hear her.

Tommorow is the start to a new week and its dress up day, "What I want to be when I grow up!" Now what in the world is that............I am kind of already it! I also have no idea what I am going to put Ty in. Any suggestions for a toddler who's favorite things are the Wiggles and Elmo? He loves trains too but I don't have any overalls for him. Hope everyone has a wonderful start to a new week!

Well its the middle of another week and we have already experienced all four seasons weather wise! Summer yesterday, winter and spring today... well we have not actually had fall yet. Anyhoo.... the birthday went great. Trent shot a 30, YES A 30 on the back 9 at LCC and had the time of his life playing with his dad. Surely with playing everyday this summer he will be winning some tournaments! The cake was a hit and Trent was thrilled. We also had a little egg hunt in our front yard with the Everitt cousins. So fun.

We had a little family day Saturday and after early service Trent left for Dallas, so Easter was not really any different from any other Sunday. Although he and the kids were decked out in their finest and were absolutely precious. Trent had record highs to deal with in Dallas with no wind so I think he was pretty thrilled about returning home and did so in time for dinner last night. It was nice to be able to all sit at the table. Well Olivia was in the carrier but ya know.

I had a wonderful time at Ladies Bible Class yesterday, always the highlight of my week. I absolutely love hearing the wisdom from the mature women and now that our 'younger' crowd has grown a little, I have really enjoyed that fellowship! They have a little program, "Tuesdays for Tots," for the kids and will also keep them an extra hour after class. I used to always use this time for my Wal-mart run, and occassionally still do if I absolutely have to. Now I try to go to lunch with the girls. Its SO nice to sit and have a guilt-free lunch. The people keeping our kids are getting paid to do so, not by us, and are not at all put out by it. We get to just visit and eat. A real treat these days. We went to this fun, not just super new but new to me, place called Moe's. I had the most delicious really different nachos ever! So tasty.

One of the girls in our group, Alicia is pregnant and so we were discussing all those baby stories and comparing and talking about names, etc. Made me think about some deciding factors in the names of our children and how it needed to be stated for a reason I won't go all into, but some of you know why. Ty got his name for a couple of reasons. First of all, I always thought it might be Tanner but Trent knew someone by that name in highschool that he was just not real fond of. We kind of wanted him to have the same initials as his daddy and I liked the name Ty ever since the singer Ty Hearnden became somewhat popular. We liked the simplicity of it and so he was called Michael Ty. Being the designer that I am, I used to love the show Designing Women. I still like the re-runs. Do you remember Charlene? She had a baby later in the series that she named Olivia. I think I was in Junior High at the time. I thought it was so beautiful and sweet. It has since become more popular and I have heard it a lot and others have used it and wanted to since before I was pregnant with a girl. But, it was my all time favorite and one of the few that Trent agreed upon. Her middle name is Lane which has also been a long time favorite of mine and come to find out the maiden name of my great-grandmother. Plus it just sounds good with Olivia and phonetically correct, important to my mother :)

Isn't it amazing how people just kind of become their name. Both of their names were picked before they were born and they look like their name! Does that make sense?! I can't imagine them as any other. I hope they like their names as they get older. It seems like now days a lot of people go for the wierder the better so I figure the might actually stand out being classic and all!

Well I am off to take food to some new parents, to eat with the in-laws and onto Wednesday night service! Trent and I have been going to a fun Passages of Marriage class. Nice to be able to go together for the first time in a year. We had better enjoy it while we can because when he will actually be here this summer I will be teaching again in Cradle Roll. They have hit me up again and there are just not enough people willing to do it to say no. Not that I am willing or capable of singing but I just can't say no!

Happy 31st Birthday Trent

Today is MTPs 31st birthday! Here is my card he has yet to read because he is still in what my aunt Linda would call, noo noo- asleep and his favorite blueberry muffins are cooking in the overn. I am letting him sleep as long as possible and then he is out to the course to play himself! I am taking him to Cagle's tonight for dinner and his family will join us coffee and cake tomorrow. Because of his love for peanut butter and chocolate, I am attempting Paula Deen's Peanut Butter cake, hope I can pull it off!

31 Reasons I Love
Trent

1. His love for The Lord
2. He shares his love for The Lord
3. He is very thoughtful
4. A romantic at heart
5. Has great taste in women
6. Made our first date a dinner with his family
7. A wonderful father to Ty & Olivia
8. He disciplines his children with love
9. He will talk to Ty on the phone any time,
Anywhere
10. He is openly affectionate
11. Blue 42, he runs at me yelling this and then tackles me, been doing it since we started

dating
12. He smiles first thing in the morning
13. Breaks into song describing everyday tasks, ex.) I need some food food food, I need some...
14. Opened my eyes to tuna n’mac, and sushi
15. Can stay in pajamas all day and watch
movies
16. Loves the Grease soundrack
17. Dances to Footloose
18. His passion for golf and the integrity of the game
19. Wisdom in Finance
20. Love for elderly people
21. Always cheers for the underdog
22. Making sure Mark Fitch gets to play, fellow team mate in Flagfootball in Dallas who had a

huge heart for the game but not a lot of ability. Trent always made him feel good about

himself- a gift he receives from his mother.
23. Changes tires for strangers
24. Taught me to change one
25. Can do a great 2-step and swing
26. Mamma’s boy
27. Crosses legs and chats with the girls
28. Athletic Abilities
29. Healthy, physically, mentally, and spiritually
30. Great encourager
31. Giving me the gift of being married to the love of my life for the past 6 years!

Egg Hunt

Obviously, we had our Egg hunt at school today. I was able to trade places with a teacher and go watch Ty's class. Trent and KayEllen were there also so Ty was in hog heaven! He found a lot of eggs and had a great time. I think I was as much excited as all the kids. We colored eggs in our 3's class, which I had not done since I was a child with my mother. They did really well and there were surprisingly enough, no big messes! They also got some fun cookies to eat after their lunch that their teacher, and my sweet friend, Ms. Courtney brought. It was a fun day had by all!
This past weekend was fun. Trent and I were so excited to just have a day together. We had the morning and ate breakfast and went to Steinmart, where we got his and Ty's Easter attire and some fun glass canisters for my kitchen. We then met his sister Tamara, our nieces Hannah, Haylee, and friend, Trent's brother Tim and wife Em, Mom and grandmother, at one of my favorite places to eat, Furr's. We then went to the mall and roamed around and then to see Ice Age the Melt Down. It was okay, but I was not impressed with the fact that the words crap and damn were used in a 'funny' way. Cute movie for adults though!
Trent then left at the crack again for OK on Sunday and his parents ended up keeping Ty that night and Monday night. It was a nice little break but I still missed the little guy! He did great and I was able to get a shower and sleep a little later Tuesday morning. KayEllen, Trent's mom, picked us up at school Monday and we went out to Seminole to Hayden's game. Ty LOVED playing in the dirt under the stands and it was a great night to be at a ball game. G had the pleasure of bathing him in all his filth!
It actually was not windy but I still ended up with a sore throat, worst one since I had my tonsils out. It actually feels like I still have them, sort of looks like it too which is wierd. My doctor is out of town and the nurse prescribed me pennicillin which I do not feel good about taking with nursing! I told her that but oh, well! There is no time to be sick when your a mom and stay at home! Hopefully it won't last long.

We started Rice Cereal TODAY!!!! She did great and actually was going for more! She has been a little fussy for her today so I think its shocked her little digestive system! I e-mailed these pics and info to as many of you as I had your addresses so some of you may be seeing this for the second time. We had her 4 month appt. and immunizations Tuesday. She is now 11 pounds 9 ounces and 25 inches long!!!

Okay, this came from Ashley Nelson, perfect for me aye?! I will just keep it at five because you don't have time to read them all! You all can probably think of more, especially if you have lived with me!

5 Quirks

1. I wash my feet, yes just the feet even after I have had a shower, every single night before I get in my clean bed. There is just something gross to me about walking around where you have walked in your shoes and putting them in your bed! I also put lotion on them.

2. Another bed time ritual, for some reason I feel that my pajama tops must match my pajama bottoms even if they are not a set. The color of the t-shirt or cami that I wear must be in the lounge pants or boxers. Not much on lingerie these days. That would be whole nother laundering issue that I just can't deal with right now.

3. I absolutely love a diet coke and a cookie. Yes I realize that it defeats the purpose but I am no longer doing it for diet purposes. I got addicted to diet coke after gaining 70 plus pounds with Ty and now the regular ones are too sweet to me and nothing tastes better with a cookie!

4. Nothing can help me more when I am mad, sad, or exhausted than a REAL hot bath or shower where I LOVE to rub a hot wash cloth as hard as I can on my eyes!

5. I have really odd names for the people I love and use them more than their actual names. For example Trent has been Weasel since we were dating, Ty is munchcrat love, Olivia is Livvie Lou, Sister, and monklet, the dog has too many to list but most often I call him little bitty black bear or furry Murray. Holly is Holy One, I think that is her actual meaning, Bethany is Beeper or Beep Beep drives a Jeep, My mom has been Cita since highschool. I have never called Jodi by just her first name or married name, she is always Jodi Jane Bain to me! A lot of you actually have theme songs and you know them. Such as Amy, Amy Dickey, Woman of the wild frontier..........or ......Don Don Don Don DOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN..............Or Ohhh Mandy... you know the rest. Ty has lots of theme songs but we don't even want to go there for now.

I can't believe I am blogging two days in a row but.... I had to tell you about the miracle this morning. I went in and got Ty when he woke up at his usual time but put him in my bed, and are you sitting down?, he went back to sleep!!!! He let me snuggle him and I was in between he and baby and we all slept until almost 9 O'clock!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER happens. Also, as it turns out we will not be going to Arlington for Easter :( Trent has to take the team on that Sunday so it just won't work. Too bad :(

Another start to a new week

This past weekend was wonderful. I have had a stressful time leading up to it with Trent being so in the thick of things with his teams. Anyhoo... my parents came in Friday and brought all the fun goodies with the exception of the plants but I will be getting those when I go home in a couple of weeks for Easter. Turns out Trent has a tournament in Dallas so we are going to make a trip of it as well. My parents always go to this wonderful Easter lunch in Irving and we have missed the last couple so I am looking forward to it. The table looks great and I can't wait to get the fabric in to put on the seats of the chairs. The fabric it has now is not bad but the new will give it a real updated look and tie the living room and dining room together. They are kind of open to one another.
I had a wonderful visit with my parents and they were such a huge help while they were here. I barely changed a diaper and my mom got me caught up on laundry. They also allowed Trent and I to go out on what I call a half date, a movie! A full date being dinner and a movie, but until Olivia is on solids that is probably not going to happen. We saw "V is for Vendetta". Neither one of us knew anything about it and it seems I always enjoy movies more that way. Had I had an inkling I may not have seen it but let me just tell you, all of you need to go see it. It has all kinds of symbolism, parallels, and would make for some great discussion. Whoever wrote it is beyond creative. We did not eat dinner that night and instead ate a LARGE popcorn, never ordered that before, and all kinds of candy. We both literally made ourselves sick! It was nice to go out though and when we got home we stayed up late getting him packed and he was off again at 4 in the morning. Because of the late night and early morning and time change, we did not make it to church in the morning. Mom, Dad and I rented "The Geisha"- very different but very beautiful sets. I took them to Rudy's for all their help and we of course made pigs of ourselves!
Today was a good start to a new week. It was nice to have them here this morning so I could take a guilt free shower! I had plenty of time b/c they also helped me get Ty ready and it was much more relaxed for me than a typical Monday! All was smooth and the day went by fast! We are already discussing our "End of the Year" teacher dinner and program. This year is already about over!!! I can't believe it! I am already missing the little boogers in my class and getting sad thinking they will be in someone else's next year!
Tomorrow we have Olivia's 4 month well visit, although she will be 5 months on the 11th! It was the soonest they could get me in. The only time they have available was that day and at 11 which means I will miss Ladies Class and our once a year in-home luncheon. I am pretty bummed about that. I live for Tuesdays for Ladies Class. It is the absolute highlight of my week. I love our studies and hearing from the more mature crowd! Its nice to have an hour without the kiddoes too. Not that I don't love being with them, but ya gotta stay sane ya know?!
Well here we go with another week! Hope everyone's month is starting out well! YEA ITS SPRING!!!!