The Meadors Family

Evers Christmas Program

2009-12-30T06:25:00.000-08:00

Another Fall Festival & Picture Day!!

2009-10-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

We had our Church's Annual Fall Festival on Tuesday, they always do such a good job. They had a petting zoo, pony rides, bounce houses/slides galore, games and lots and lots of candy!!!! Ever had sooooooo much fun running around with Mason and wearing his costume. Ever chose Spiderman this year and he was super excited to wear it out for the first time. As the night went on I noticed Ever's hands and face started to swell and break out in hives!!!!!! I immediately checked his whole body and those were the only places that he had broken out. I assumed it was from his costume and took it off of him. Later that night after thinking thru everything, I think it was his mask only that made him break out and not the actual outfit itself. Needless to say, I think he will be Spiderman without a mask this year.

This Picture was taken before I noticed the welps

Luckily I brought a sweat shirt and he was wearing tights

underneath this costume for warmth

Ever thought the pony ride was the coolest thing

Friends of ours: Ryan, Mikel, Me & Chad

Ever's first ever school pictures were today!!! I cant wait to see them. Chad snapped a few pics of him before he went to school. They are not the normal "school pics" they bring a fun professional photographer in and they take a few fun pics.

If you want to see the set follow these steps:

1. Click this link: http://kblankenship.photobiz.com/cart/
2. Select Kidz at the Cross
3. Enter you email address, they wont send you anything
4. Click on View set, which you can only click on until Nov. 7th
From there you will see what the set looks like and what kind of pics he will be taking.

Fall Festival

2009-10-20T08:59:00.000-07:00

Ever's School had their annual Fall Festival at a local Pumpkin Patch. They had hay rides, hot dogs, candy and corn mazes. We had a lot of fun and met up with Mikel, Ryan, Mason (Evers BFF!) and Ty.

Daddy and Ever on the Tractor

Mommy and Ever in the corn maze

Ryan, Ty, Chad and me being silly in the corn maze

Uh Oh!!!! Dead end

Mason and Ever

Ever getting annoyed and yelling CHEESE!!! at me

U2 Concert

2009-10-20T08:23:00.000-07:00

Chad and I can finally check off "Go to U2 Concert" from our Bucket List!! We bought tickets at least 6 months ago and the U2 Concert was October 12, 2009 at the new Cowboy Stadium. It was a great concert and the Stadium was beautiful!!

Trying to take a pic and talk at the same time

Take 5.....we finally got one!

The crazy space ship stage

That tiny dot towards the back of the stage is Bono :)

Thats Bono on the big screen

Chad and I (lousy pic but the best I could get)

LSU Weekend!

2009-10-20T07:20:00.001-07:00

We have started a tradition with Chad's cousin in LA (Louisiana not Cali) that we go there for one LSU football game a year. We always have so much fun!! This year was particularly fun because we got to go to one of the best games of the year, they just built a new house, I had never seen their new baby and it was Leslie's Birthday!!! So needless to say we had a blast and it is always so much fun catching up with my "twin sister"!!!!!! (I will let you in on the joke......without fail everytime Leslie and I are together we get asked if we are sisters or twin sisters. Wereally dont look that much alike, but we always go along with it and tell everyone yes we are).

Ever wanted to hold Abram so bad

Ingram was my cuddle partner

Ever clearly wanted to be left alone with his iPhone!!

Bathtime in their stylin' tub

Jason & Abram

Leslie

Me and Chad

Orange Day

2009-10-08T10:34:00.000-07:00

Ever on "Orange Day" at school !!!

Hopefully we will grow out of this cheezy smile! ;o)

Boys Will Be Boys!!!

2009-10-08T09:32:00.000-07:00

Chad had a few friends over to help with our fence. Of course it was on a day that it had been raining and before they even got started they were already running around throwing mud at each other! Ever wanted in on it sooooooooooo bad, but it was cold and there was NO WAAAAAAY I was going to let him get in the middle of the big boys!

Chad digging for mud!

Eric

Corey

Danny

Chad

The boys in the street

Time to Shave!!!

2009-10-08T09:20:00.000-07:00

Ever loves to watch his Daddy shave and of course he wants to do it too. We let Ever grab the beard trimmers (not powered on.....of course!) and pretend. Ever thought it was so fun and he felt like such a big boy! Here are a few pics of Ever being like his daddy!

Chef by Day and Spiderman by Night!

2009-10-01T08:36:00.000-07:00

There is no doubt about it........Ever loves to eat anything and everything chocolate!! So I decided to show him the true joy of making browines........which is licking the bowl!! He was such a good little helper and listened very well. He thought licking the bowl was soooo much fun! Here are a few pics to prove it:

Halloween is approaching and this year because he is old enough to understand that we wear costumes, I had to get his costume early so there would still be some good ones left! He ended up choosing Spiderman (of course). He loves that his costume has a mask but he is a little upset it didnt come with a sword.......I had to tell him that spiderman doesnt carry a sword (he still doesnt believe me!). So here are a few quick pic's of him in his costume before he spilled my clear fingernail polish all over it!!!!

Ever "throwing" his web

Ever showing his muscles

First Day of School!! (9/8/09)

2009-09-09T11:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Evers first day of school!!!! Granted this is Pre-Pre-School BUT it still makes me a little sad! He had to bring his own lunch, nap sak and back pack!!!! When Chad dropped him off he was a little nervous but was ok. One of the teachers told Ever that they were going to paint today and asked if he wanted to paint!! He shook his head yes. Then Chad got him settled in and told him to be a good boy and he said "Daddy, I paint today!" When Chad left he didnt cry at all and started playing with the other kids!! We were so proud of him :) I was able to pick him up from school and he was super excited and told me how much fun he had! I'm so glad we decided to enroll him here and I think he is just going to love it!!!

On his way to school with Daddy!!

He wanted to carry his nap sak soooo bad!!

Seriously, look at that face!! It cracks me up everytime I look at this picture.

Here is where he got a little uneasy!

Evers class room and his teacher Mrs. Kassie.

Mrs. Kassie talking to Ever

My Pre-Schooler!!!!

2009-08-27T07:27:00.000-07:00

As much as we and Ever love Mrs. Vickie, Chad and I have wanted to get Ever into something with some structure. We both feel he needs more than "free play" Monday thru Thursday. So we have decided to enroll him in a "Childs Day Out" program at a Church in Grapevine. He will attend 'Church at the Cross' every Tuesday and Thursday and Mrs. Vickies every Monday and Wednesday.

This is a really neat school because starting in the 2yr old classes they have daily activities that require them to switch rooms all day. The class he will be in has 11 two year olds and two teachers. They have a "home room" but do music class, story time in the library, art class and they do Chapel every Tuesday. He will have to start bringing his own lunch, so we get to buy him a little lunch box! He will even be in a little Christmas play!! This school also does things like color of the month, where all the kiddos have to wear a certain color T-shirt one day of the month, they do Pajama Day, Western Day, Drive-In Movie Day and the list goes on........

So needless to say we are so excited for him to get some structure and start learning the basics. When we told him he was going to start school, he got sooooooooo excited!!!! When we told him he was going to the same school as Mason (one of his friends) he started yelling and getting soooo excited. Meet the teacher night is Sept. 3rd and his first day of school is Sept. 8th!!! Cant wait to post pics!!

A Bunch Crammed into One

2009-08-25T09:25:00.000-07:00

This is probably one of my most random blogs I have posted. There is a little bit of everything in this (mostly pictures) but I am trying to keep everyone updated on whats been going on, along with some pics of our family :)

Where's Ever?? (In the very back of the picture playing with something). A few High School Girlfriends and I got together for Brunch last Saturday with all of our kiddos, 5 total that day. They all played really well together and we had fun catching up. Even though we had fun, next "Old School Reunion" will be Mommas alone!!!

Chad had his annual RE/MAX Client appreciation day at a CATS game (baseball). This is the first year Ever was able to really enjoy it. Everytime a player came up to bat, he would say "Go Boy!". It was so funny!

This is one of the sky divers that jumped out of the plane to start the game off.

Nana and Ever at the game.

Great Grandma got her hip replaced in July and Ever was VERY concerned that she was at the Dr's (hospital) for so long. He asked about her night and day and always wanted to make sure she was "ok". Here he is looking at her in her bed a few days after she had her surgery.

One of our many dance sessions......I think he is either trying to do a kartwheel or he is breakdancing- not sure but he thinks its cool!

Dancing again......

Ever before his haircut a few weeks ago

Ever during his hair cut. He still isnt really sure about hair cuts, he just knows if he goes to see Mrs. Sharon he gets his hair cut along with the privilege of spraying her spray bottle everywhere and candy! So its more of a love hate thing he has going on.

Ever LOVES tools!!!!! Thats all there is to it. He loves to "fix" things and thinks its just super cool. He especially loves to help daddy in anything that he may be fixing. Here is decided his pull-up would be good to hold his tools.

Ever's 3rd plane ride. This is him and I flying solo to San Antonio for our Sea World trip (we met Chad there). Not a great picture but the best I could do by myself :)

Ever loves to fix my hair....there is that word again "fix"! He thinks its so fun to do and he tells me "pretty momma". I just sit there and take him ripping my hair out one by one, if I tried to stop him he would say "no, no, no , no".......so as any good mom would do, I just take it :)

This is random,but so funny! I took a pic of Chad passed out on the couch :)

This would be our sliding glass door in our kitchen!!! We rarely have someone else mow our lawn but we did that day and a rock flew out from under the lawn mower and shattered (luckily the outside pane) our sliding glass door. Personally, I was glad......we needed a new sliding glass door anyway ;)

One last thing I want to do is write down (remember for the future) Evers favorites at 2yrs and 4 mos:

- Favorite Drink? Chocolate Milk

- Favorite TV Shows? Diego, Max & Ruby, Backyardigans, & Wonder Pets
- Favorite Food? Chicken nuggets and fries or fruit

- Favorite Sayings? "Thats so nice", "I love you sooo much", "Yeah, Boy!", "I can't do it", "It will be sooo fun", "I need medicine", "No Dr. mommy", "I'm awake", "I'm coming"

- Favorite Movie? Monsters, Alvin & the Chip Munks, Madagascar, Toy Story, Robots, Nemo

- Favorite things to do? Play outside, play in water, play with friends, play with your tools

- Favorite Person? Nana (hands down)

You love to pretend you are a monster and crawl on the ground and growl, you love to talk, you love to have my attention, you love to hide, you hate time-outs and say your sorry as soon as you are in time out, you hate getting dressed, you are just now starting to have an opinion on what you wear, you like getting your hair fixed by daddy (most days), you love to eat and get really excited when its time to eat, you love to play really rough but you dont ever mean to hurt anyone, you love for me to wrap you up like a baby and hold you and fuss over you, you love to pretend you are sleeping during the day and love when I tell everyone to be quiet because you are sleeping, mostly you just love life.

You have such a sweet, cuddly, fun loving, happy, outgoing, excited, full of life kind of attitude and we love it!!

Its Been Awhile...........

2009-08-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

Our Summer has been jammed packed with trips, weddings, birthdays, etc......so it has been hard to keep my blog updated.

We took a family trip at the end of July to San Antonio to visit Sea World. We stayed with my Cousin's Ryan and Tiffany and their 2 kiddos!! Needless to say, we had a blast and wish they lived closer. Ever enjoyed every second of this trip and loved having Brandon and Ava around all day. Also, during this time Chad drove to Louisiana to pick up our new "ride"...........I finally have an SUV and I must say it is much easier on the back (moms, I know you feel me)! Here are some pics from our trip:

Chad and I

Snack time!! Brandon, Ever and Ava

Big Boys jammin'

He was so serious about it

He LOVED the drums!!

Ryan, Tiff, Brandon and Ava at Sea World

Kiddos watching the dolphins

SHAMU!!!!! It was so amazing to watch!

Meadors Fam at Sea World!

VW Toureg

:)

Evers 2yr Check Up!

2009-06-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

Ever turned 2yrs in April but we were just able to get his 2yr check up recently. Ever is growing up so fast and looks completely different from just a month ago!!! It crazy how they hit these growth spurts. Ever's check-up went great and we only got 1 shot this time, so yay for that! Here are Evers stats:

Height: 34.5 inches (50%)

Weight: 29 lbs (60%)

Head: 47.5 cm (40%)

**The doctor said based on some little calculation that he would guess Ever will grow up to be about 5'10".

As most of you know we are constantly at the Dr. for ear infections, so now its time to visit a Pediatric ENT to see if Ever needs tubes. I will go ahead and say its is a for sure yes! The poor little man lives on antibiotics and I'm tired of it!!! So we will find out tomorrow what the verdict is and when we can have them put in.

On another note....we recently went to PA to visit my dads side of the family. It was a great trip and everyone enjoyed seeing Ever. Ever did AMAZING on the airplane. He slept the majority of the trip both ways.....what a Blessing that was!! Here are a few pics that I took on my phone:

Its hard to see but everywhere you drive in PA its nothing but hills and green....its really very pretty.

Dads dog Sallie....Ever will tell you all about Sallie!! He LOVED her!

My dad

My Aunt Sandie and Ever playing in a bucket of water

He LOVED this bucket of water.....

Mommy and Ever

A Fun way to Exercise!!

2009-05-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Ok this photo is probably not what you were expecting to see. What in the world does this have to do with getting fit? Well, I started taking Krav Maga lessons. What in the world is Krav Maga? Ok so it's a hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel and now used in the military. It's basically a self-defense training with a ton of exercise woven in. It's like self-defense and boot camp rolled into one. It's practical for today's time and it definitely kicks my butt! In the last couple classes I learned how to react if a gun was pointed at me...hence the picture. But along with the Krav Maga techniques the instructor threw in boxing. Wow, I'm so sore! Even with gloves my knuckles are red, bruised and sore. But what a great work out! So as my title says; I'm getting fit and I'm learning to be safe. I love it!!

(If your in the area and want to check it out let me know....we meet in Southlake)

www.monsterxcamp.com

Thank You Crayola Washable Markers!

2009-05-18T13:34:00.000-07:00

This weekend we had something happen that I knew would happen one day. We were all hanging out and Ever disappeared. What threw us off was that he was quiet! We noticed his door was shut and when we opened it he had his back to us. When he turned around this is what we saw........

Little stinker.....I made him go look in the mirror so he could see what he had done and he said, "messy"! I couldnt help but laugh.

A little of this and a little of that.....

2009-05-04T12:12:00.001-07:00

We took Ever to our friends house (Miles and Kristyn) and then we walked down to the local coffee shop.

Ever found a pen and a magazine at Auntie Kristyns house and decided to draw on it....good thing she is so sweet!!

Ever eating his cookie at the coffee shop.

Ever hiding from Kristyn and I at the coffee shop

Random pictures that Chad took on my birthday before I headed off to work

Ever has such a painful "Cheese Face" :)

Snuggles...

Chad brought me lunch today and we found a turtle at the park...Ever thought it was pretty cool

Ever playing the drums in his rock 'n roll underwear today

We have a new favorite character....Ever pretends he is Spider Man. He puts his hood over his head and spins around and throws his hands in all directions. He even likes to put socks on his hands as if they are his web throwers...I guess. He thinks its sooo fun! Is he ALL boy or what??

Some new things that Ever is doing lately.....

He is talking up a storm!! If he hears Chad and I having a conversation that doesnt include him he will get in the middle and start saying everything he knows how to say so he can be a part of what we are doing. He is also starting to watch movies now....for an hour tops and thats on a good day. But he likes to tell you everything that is going on in the movie. Here is a typical 30 second span when watching a movie with Ever:

Mommy...doggie!

Where'd he go?

Blanket...cover up with blanket.

Water.

Cold mommy cold.

Kitty!

Where'd he go?

Walking outside.

Sun mommy sun!

Where'd it go?

Airplane...airplane take off.

Doggie.

Kitty.

Frog.

Jump mommy froggie jump.

Ok you get the picture...he is a talker!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Ever!!

2009-04-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

We had Ever's 2nd Birthday a "My Gym". We had such a good time and 100% recommend having a party there. The owners are a young married couple without children and they do a fantastic job at making everything fun, seamless and creative! Ever had a great time and is still talking about his birthday (I think he thinks everyday is his birthday!). Here are a few pics from our fund day!!

Evers Dance Moves!

2009-04-16T07:38:00.000-07:00

Ever wanted to dance this morning.....this is the final product!!

(You might have to turn up the volume to actually hear the music over his tapping feet!)

Mr. Opinion and Potty Training

2009-04-15T07:52:00.000-07:00

By now you will have noticed a trend...I cannot write about one thing. It seems like I always have two topics in my title. On with the first topic....Mr. Opinion.

Over the last couple of weeks Ever has developed an opinion. It came to me as quite a shock when I went to put his blue jeans on and he said "dont like that" and pushed them away. I thought he just didnt want to get dressed until...he brought me a pair of his khaki pants and wanted those on! Are you kidding me.....I just couldnt believe it. So I tried to do a sneak attack and put the blue jeans on anyway....and he told me "no mommy, those dirty" and insisted he wear the khaki's. He is growing up so fast. During that dress-capade he also insisted that he wear his hat and that I zip up his jacket! There is also another saying he has been using that just gets under my skin...."NO WAY". We skipped "No" and went right to "No Way"!! He says that for everything: Ever lets get dressed.....NO WAY, Ever lets eat........NO WAY, Ever you need to listen to Mommy....NO WAY!!!! AHHHHH :)

Now on to topic #2....Potty Training. Ever is still doing so great and is waking up completely dry every day!!! I am just thrilled!!! He has his occasional accident when he is playing and having fun and doesnt want to go potty....or when he just randomly feels like peeing on the floor for the fun of it! But those are far and few in between. The main problem we are having is going #2! He is terrified of doing this on the toilet.....and now it freaks him out to do it in his pants. So he decided to hold it....which isnt good for him! So I decided to buy a small pack of Pull-Ups and see if he would go in those....(clearly knowing I would have to eventually undo this mess that I was starting). So I got home with the Pull-Ups and put one on him. He ran around the house for a few minutes and then started pulling at it and saying "I dont like this, I dont like this", when I took it off he ran to is drawer and pulled out his big boy underwear for me to put on him. I couldnt believe this....so onward we go with potty training! That was a break through moment for me.....at that point I realized we potty trained him!!

Oh the joys of motherhood.....here are some random pics:

This is a silly faced he learned at Mrs. Vicki's

Ever after 1 piece of chocolate

Best Buds :)

Ever being silly on his rocking horse

Potty Training!

2009-04-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

On Friday, April 3rd we set out to potty train Ever b/c he has been showing lots of interest and dont get me wrong- YEA to NO Diapers!!! After a friend told me of the 3 day method, I thought I would try it: www.3daypottytraining.com It took us until day 3 to where he was telling us everytime he needed to go potty! He will still every once in awhile tinkle a little bit in his underwear and then say "potty mommy" and we run to the bathroom to finish.....he is such a big boy and we are so proud of him. We are not 100% yet, but we sure are close...I have no doubt in my mind that it will just click. These aren't great pics, but here are a few from our weekend.

This is his potty chart...he got stickers for going pee pee, poopy, washing his hands, and wiping.

This is an older picture but I just love these undwear...they fit much better now :)

Here he is in his tighty whitey's!!

Showing me his big boy underwear- while standing "on" his favorite place!

Ok, this has nothing to do with potty training- but it happened while we were potty training this weekend. My poor baby burnt his self for the first time :( It was horrible and I felt awful. Yes, that is a huge blister on his ring finger. He touched the stove while daddy was holding him and I was cooking. He always has to see what I'm doing and he reached down as fast as a 2yr old can reach (which is SUPER fast) and touched the stove!!!

The Diddy is History!!!

2009-04-01T08:33:00.000-07:00

Several weeks ago we decided it was time to get rid of the diddy (this is what we call his Paci). It has always been my goal to get rid of the diddy before he turned two and we are fast approaching 2yrs!! So, I read every creative way possible to do this and ended up going with cutting the end off. I decided this would be best for Ever because he is a "see it to believe it" kind of boy, and he is really into telling us when things are "broke". So, two Fridays ago I got home from work and the first thing I did was cut the tips off the only two diddy's he has. I knew if I waited and thought about it more, I would chicken out.

As night approached, he started asking for it (he only gets it when it is time for bed) and when I brought them both out I told him that they were broke and that meant he was such a big boy!! He put the diddy in his mouth and when he sucked in air....he laughed! He thought it was funny at first, then he said "broke" and threw it down on the ground. It happened just like I thought....! So later that night he said "diddy...I see it". He did this about 4-5 times before he went to bed and we showed it to him everytime....he just wanted to make sure that they were really broke! That night he fell asleep fine and when I would check on him he was making sucking noises with is mouth...so cute!! So he asked to see his diddy's about 4 times everyday for the first three days and then that was it! DONE!! We gave him tons of praise everyday and told him how big he was....he loved that! and now he hasnt asked for them again and we are finally diddy free. His dentist will thank me one day :)

Cute Story: The second night he started getting really sick with a bad cough (most of you know Evers history of Febrile Seizures...so when he gets the least bit sick or warm I put him in bed with us). So he started coughing really bad around 3am, so I put him in bed with us....he was kind of awake but had a really raspy voice. He of course asked for his diddy and I said..."your diddy is broke, remember you're a big boy". So turns to Chad and says in a cute little raspy voice, "I big boy daddy, I big boy" Chad says "Yes you are" and then Ever says "I love you daddy" and lays down to go to sleep. It was the MOST precious thing our ears have ever heard. Man we love that kid!!

Fun!

2009-03-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

As Ever says "Fun".....he is Mr. talkative, I love it!! We literally laugh with one another :)

Here are just a few "Fun" pics that I snapped with my iPhone, so they are a little blurry....but you get the idea.

Chad and Ever at the new "lookout" area at DFW Airport. Ever LOVES planes, so we thougth this would be neat for him to see.

Of course....he loved it!

Ever LOVES to clean......we are so greatful for this!! If Daddy or Mommy is cleaning then he wants to do it too. Here is Chad vacuuming up after Ever ate breakfast, and Ever had to run and get his play Dirt Devil.

He figured out that his play Dirt Devil doesnt really work, so forget that!! He wanted the real deal!!!

He had a blast!! Chad turned it off and walked into the other room for a minute and all of a sudden the vacuum turns back on....Ever figured out how to work it. Crazy kid! :)

Horse Park!!!

2009-03-10T13:09:00.000-07:00

This Sunday we met Chelsi and Carter at the Frisco Horse Park. We have been trying to get our boys together for awhile now and we finally did it!! They are 2 weeks apart and are sooooo much alike. Its really cute to see them together. Ever had a blast with all the animals...his favorite was riding Gold (a horse). He wasnt sure at first, but once he tried it.....it was a done deal. He would say "iddy-up" and "nayyyy" I wish I would of video taped it. Here are some pics of our fun little trip to the Horse Park!! Thanks Chels :)

Ever petting the horse....he is warming up!

Now he loves it....

Running after the baby goats...they were soo cute!

So interested in the pig!

Swinging...weeeee!

They had so much fun jumping in the bounce house!

When they hit the spring it made a funny noise

and they thought it was hilarious.

So thirsty!!!

New Friends!!

Love and Out of Shape!!

2009-03-06T07:09:00.000-08:00

Can I please just tell you how much I LOVE my little man!!! He is so precious and fun. As of right now I love (minus the tantrums) this stage!! He is talking up a storm and he actually makes sense. Here are some of his conversations:

"My daddy, play.........fun daddy, fun daddy"
"C'mon daddy, eat daddy eat.....daddy food"
"Horsee....nay, nay...where go? horsee, where go?"
"Tantu mommy, (with a kiss and hug)"
"Bugee- oooh gross, yuck bugee, mommy bugee"
"I find it...diddy, I find it"
"Pay basketba momma or pay baseba daddy"
"Dance daddy, I dance daddy"

He is just so fun!!! If you aren't paying 100% attention when he is talking to you he will grab your face and put it in front of his- he is hilarious! We are so blessed to have him :)

Now for the out of shape part........I just started working out yesterday. It is a 60 day bootcamp program I signed up for and I'm excited to FINALLY get back in shape!! Yesterdays workout wasn't awful, but it made me realize how weak and out of shape I really am! My arms are stronger than I thought.....thanks to my 28lb almost 2yr old! Today I woke up a little sore but not crazy sore...I'm sure that day is coming next week. I was excited to find out that I am not overweight and my goal weight can be accomplished in 60 days if I stick to the program and eat a little healthier. This is my promise to myself.....I will be at my goal weight in 60 days!!!!

YouTube

2009-03-04T08:41:00.001-08:00

Miles and Kristyn came over last Sunday and took some video of Ever. Kristyn posted it on YouTube, so I thought I would link it here in case you wanted to see Ever being goofy :0P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jDnYVsYSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf-vSjXceHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xa1Cg2xmcQ

(I tried to embed them but I couldnt figure it out so just click on the links....sorry!)

Part 2: Photo Shoot

2009-03-02T08:53:00.000-08:00

We had Evers pictures taken with The Picture People on Sunday. The pictures turned out ok, the wait was HORRIBLE and the service was "ehhh". But I wanted to post some of the pics that they took.

This is Ever doing "yoga"

We asked him "How much do you love Mommy & Daddy"? and he says this much!

Ever walking around and being goofy

I would have loved this picture, had I of wiped the gunk off of the bottom of his shoes!!! Darn, I was so mad.

Sitting like a big boy

Evers sad face

Ever playing the air guitar

Ever showing us his excited face

Ever's happy face

PART 1: A Peek Into Our Weekend!

2009-03-02T08:23:00.003-08:00

I havent blogged in awhile so I thought I would post some of our weekend. There is nothing special about this weekend, I just so happened to get take some pictures :)

We started out Saturday morning eating at Le Peep for breakfast. Ever was sooooo excited to get his own cup with a straw. He is still learning how to drink like a big boy.....he just gets so darn excited that the drink usually ends up all on the table and down the front of him.

Do you see the concentration???

After Le Peep we ran some errands and wiped him out. He fell asleep in the car and we learned a valuable lesson. Dont let your child fall asleep in the car more than 15 min. if you want him to continue sleeping at home. He slept in the car for 45 min. and when I tried to transfer him from the car to the bed he woke up and was just fine with his 45 min. cat nap!! Needless to say the rest of the day was drama!!!

So after Evers cat nap we decided to head back out and finish our errands. We ended up at a chilrens clothing store and got Ever some new clothes for his Easter Pics we are taking next weekend. We also bought him some sunglasses!

Later that same night we had Mikel & Ryan over. This is "Take One" of Mikel trying to take a picture with all three boys.

This is "Take Two" ......arent they all so cute!!

This is Sunday morning Ever and Daddy playing baseball......one of Evers favorite things to do!
He can actually hit the ball very well.....he is our little jock!!

Daddy and Ever saying "Cheeeeeeese" to the camera!!

Check back later today for more pics of Ever and our weekend. :)

My 2 babies!!

2009-02-12T06:53:00.000-08:00

Most of you know that I have two babies......Ever and Incy! Incy is my 7yr old Yorkie, who lives with my mom. Ever just love, love, loves her! He always calls her by name "eh-see", and loves to play and pick on her. Usually they are playing ball or Incy is licking him, but sometimes he is a little rough. Incy being the good sport just lets him do his thing......and then usually runs and hides. Here is a cute picture that shows how much they love each other.

Chads 30th Surprise Party

2009-02-06T06:53:00.000-08:00

The Birthday boy and his bride...

Surprise!!!

Hibachi.....mmmmm!

Their version of a birthday hat....I guess

Black Jack Table

Texas Hold'em Tables

Me, Jessica & Chris

Katie and her black chips!!

Burning our fingers trying to light 30 candles!!

Kiss your chips good-bye....

Funny!

2009-02-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

So yesterday Chad and I are sitting on the couch together when the door bell rings. I always make him get the door when we arent expecting anyone. So he answers the door and its a girl about 20yrs old and she is selling security systems for homes. She starts by saying something about a break in that happened in another subdivision. So the conversation when like this:

Girl: So, yeah did you hear about the break in at XYZ subdivsion (dont remember the name)....do you know where that is?

Chad: Um no, but is it off of so an so street?

Girl: Oh, I dont know.....but they took like $1,000 dollars worth of stuff and um...it happend in broad day light. Oh, and um..... and they probably cut there phone line and if you get this wireless package that will never happen with us........(wait for it this is the best part) Man...I hate when people who look like you answer the door and I have to do this.......

(WHAT?!?!? Is she hitting on my husband?? I couldnt help but laugh.....I thought it was absolutely hilarious!!!!!!!! Keep in mind she did this in mid sentence of her selling pitch)

(Chad being the good sport, just keeps listening and keeps the conversation going)

Chad: I'm sorry we are not interested, but do you have a hand out or a business card.

Girl: No. I dont have anything like that.....I've been out here since 11am and I dont have anything left.

Chad: Ok, maybe another time

Girl: Well are you sure because I only have 2 packages left and once those are gone they are gone.

Chad: I'm sure

I think that was by far the worst attempt to sell anything to anyone....and it was absolutely hilarious. Now dont get me wrong, I'm not mean and neither of us let her know that we were chuckling at the situation. But seriously if that happened to your husband you would be laughing too.

Crock Pots and Bath Time!!

2009-02-03T06:20:00.000-08:00

Ok...I know the two dont mix, but I am so thrilled with crock pots right now and I have sweet pictures of my little punkin in the bath! So I decided to mix the two......

First, can I please tell you how great crock pots are?!? Yesterday morning I threw a pork roast, potatoes, celery, carrots, water and a bullion cube into my crock pot- turned it on low and left for work! When I came home wal-la! Instant yummy dinner :) This isn't my first time to use a crock pot its just been a long time and I totally forgot how easy it is. I need to bring out my crock pot cook book and start using those recipes more often.....what a stress reliever and time saver!

Now, on to my silly little man!! To say Ever loves bath time is an understatement. He is a fish!!! So last night during bath time he starts to go nuts and water is going everywhere.....at first I was telling him to stop and then I decided to use it as a photo op! So here are a few cute pics from bath time last night.....

Weekend Fun!

2009-01-26T09:11:00.000-08:00

HERE IS A PEEK INTO OUR FUN WEEKEND:

Ever loves to stand on our window seal and look out!

Ever playing on the coffee table- its really a play toy not a table anymore!

Chad and I being silly- its amazing to have a picture of us for a change :)

I let Ever have a few Kleenex and this is what he did....dont worry he put it all in the trash like a big boy!

Ever playing in his cabinet- all the toys are on the floor

Playing with cousins (from San Antonio) at Boomerangs! I dont know who had more fun....the kids or Chad.

Ever and his cousin (Ava) playing together at Nanna's

Mason's 4th Birthday Party

2009-01-19T10:27:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was Masons 4th Birthday Party. It was held at Boomerangs in Hurst.....that place is such a blast!! Its best for kiddos around 4yrs and up, but they have a toddler area as well. The Birthday Party started off a little rocky for Ever. Ever wants nothing more than to be a big kid!! He watched all the older kids play and he was determined he was going to do it to. However, "no fun mom" wouldnt let him because he isnt big enough to do it by himself (Boomerangs wont let anyone 15 yrs and older go on these bounce houses, so I wasnt able to get in there and help him out). He of course didnt understand that he wasnt big enought so he spent the first part of the party very upset!! Then by the grace of God and little boy (Kenneth who was around 11yrs old) noticed Ever wanted to go on the bounce houses, so he asked if he could take him thru. I said "YES" and from that point on this little boy took him through every bounce house at least 5 times each!!! I told Kenneth he didnt have to do this and he could go play with his other friends, but he said "Its fun!". Later on I found out Kenneth has several younger brothers and sisters. Ever ended up having a blast and and I had a blast watching Ever have a blast!! How great is God for sending me Kenneth!!! At the end of the night (6:30pm) I was putting Ever in his car seat to head home and he told me "night, night". Sure enough he was so worn out that on the car ride home he passed out for the night!!! He had such a blast....thanks for a fun time Ryan & Mikel.

Kenneth taking Ever down the slide.

Kenneth making sure Ever was ok

after going down the slide...what a sweet kid!

Ever and the Birthday Boy (Mason)

Mason's sweet brother....Ty

Ever wanted to know "Where did Mason go?"

The whole Birthday gang!

~Waiting at the Airport~

2009-01-16T06:37:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Ever and I went to pick up Chad from the airport. Ever was soooo excited to see his daddy!!! So when I got the airport I discovered that the plane was arriving 30 minutes late...so to pass time I bought Ever and I a smoothie. Next time I will have to buy two, b/c he was very nice and would share ONE sip with me anytime I asked, but only ONE sip at a time. Here are a few pics of Ever as we waited for daddy.

Christmas 2008!

2009-01-14T09:23:00.000-08:00

Well as you can see I have now moved over to the Blogger's world! This is the only site where you will find updates from this point on :)

Christmas was a blast this year!! We started to make our own family traditions even though Ever is still to small to understand them. To name a few.....attend several Christmas parades (which Ever loved), sing Christmas music in the car, and talk or share a story about the true meaning of christmas before we opened presents. We started Christmas morning opening gifts with Chad, Ever and myself. He thought everything was so fun....he didnt care to much about opening the presents after he had a few to play with. We then moved to my moms where "Nana" spoiled Ever with everything he could ever want!!! We ate a great brunch at Nana's and then later went Chads grandparents where we met up with Aunt CiCi and had dinner and opened more presents!! Needless to say Christmas was a success!

Now on to the funnies of Christmas! When we were at Chads grandparents toward the end of the night, Ever needed a diaper change. When I went to get him a diaper I noticed I had used ALL of the diapers (keep in mind I had already taken his wet diaper off and thrown it away) so now here I am stuck with a naked baby and no diapers!! I had an extra pair of pants so I put those on and decided we had to leave quick. As we are gathering everything, we couldnt locate Evers diddy (paci) that he had been playing with. So now I have no diddy and no diapers....we started the "hunt" for the diddy and during that time PANTS #1 now needed changed! So we changed them and decided we would stop at Walgreens (the only store open on Christmas) and buy a new diddy. Once we got to the Walgreens by our house I ran in and they locked the doors behind me....thank you LORD!! So I bought some random diddy's and we made it home only to realize PANTS #2 needed changed, his car seat needed a cleaning and Ever needed a bath :0)