Boo Boo's and fat lips O' My

We experienced our first battle wound around Christmas. J was playing and running around and fell and after his bottom touched the ground he just toppled over and his forehead hit the corner of a baseboard.  I'm not the mom that runs full throttle to her child every time he falls.  I make sure he is ok and then let him work it out.  We were at Papa J and Grammy's house when this happened and Grammy was the first to him and he was crying pretty good this time.  I hurried over and saw so much blood and my heart just fell to the floor.  Luckily my step sister is a nurse and reassured me that a trip to the ER would be unnecessary.  We got the blood stopped and he had a huge gash in his head for awhile.  He will probably have a scar:( He is a tough guy! 

Today he got in a fight with our kitchen floor.......the floor won:(  He bit through his bottom lip and bit his top lip pretty good.  I calmed him down, gave him some Tylenol and layed him down for a nap.  He was exhausted after that fight:)  When he woke up he had a little bloody nose.

Here's to many more little boy boo boo's and fat lips!

Jones' First Big Snow

Jones wasn't to sure about all that white powdery stuff! ha!  We got about 4.5 inches of snow and it came down fast!  During Jones' nap I bundled up and went outside and made him a snowman that was just his size.  I figured he would have tried to tackle it when he woke up or be excited about his new playmate but he was not to sure about it.  Not sure if it was ALL the clothes he had on or his big boots or the snow but he just stood there froze, hehe!

For Christmas Cody got a Carhart hoodie thing with a built in face mask.  Jones loves it and it fits him great, maybe a little big but its great for when we are on the ranger and it's windy.  He keeps in on and he looks like a little ninja!  Too cute!

Looking forward to many more snow days with my boys!

Old OG crew

I made a lot of friends back in my Olive Garden days.  I have kept up with most but as we get older and married and have babies it gets harder and harder to get together.  Throw in a ranch with wildlife, 4 wheelers and a lot of space to roam and you got one good way to entice people to come visit you!  Especially with kids!:)  Jared and Bethany and their 3 kids plus Lori and Jason and their little nugget all came for a quick weekend visit.  We had such a good time.  The day before they got here it rained 8 inches and turned super cold.  When it rains we can't get out on the ranch in the truck and we still wanted to get out and show the kids all the animals.  We ALL loaded up on the ranger with layers and layers of cloths and blankets.  Jared and Issac rode the 4 wheeler.  Jones is in my lap and you can't even see him I have him so bundled up!

Jones had his very first bath buddy!



Catching up with old friends, reminiscing about the good ole days, letting our kids play together, and making new memories was a great way to spend our weekend!