Day 4

If I had to write this blog 7 weeks ago it would be totally different! Our nights used to consist of cooking dinner and relaxing on the couch with foot rubs and catching up on each others day or going out to dinner and riding around on the ranch or hanging out with friends and going dancing. Hour long bubble baths, a good magazine to read or more foot rubs:) Now it totally revolves around an adorable chubby 7 week old that melts our hearts and we wouldn't have it any other way!

Jones has a fussy time and it usually starts when daddy gets home. It's not a colic fuss just a, "I need lots of love and attention and cuddles and lots of food fuss!" Which usually has me sitting in a rocking chair nursing for 4 hours with a few 20 minutes break in between. In those 20 minutes throughout the night I can hand Jones to Cody for some snuggle time. It gives me a little break to do what I need to do but usually I just sit there and stare at my two wonderful boys.

Jones loves loves loves his baths and gets one every other night and on the off nights we dunk him in the water because he loves it so much. Jones also likes his quiet time at nights too. We usually keep the lights dim and talk soft to him and not get him all wired up playing or tickling him like we do during the day. I am pretty sure this helps him not get his nights and days mixed up and sleep 7 hours for momma! We still have time for foot rubs just not as often. We still get dinner cooked but maybe not as gourmet or fancy as it used to be. We still take our drives around the ranch when it's not so cold out. We still get to go out and eat but maybe not at our quiet fancy place. And we will still be able to go hang out with friends and go dancing when he gets a little bit older. Really, our nights haven't changed that much except now we have a lil' buddy to join us and more love to share. This has been the hardest job we have ever had but it's so worth it. Soon Jones will be older and not need or depend on us as much as he does now. That's sad to think about so we are just taking it all in and enjoying every minute of it.

Day 3

Isn't this everybody's favorite show!?! I didn't start watching this show till college. It became my favorite fast! I have all seasons on DVD and Cody and I have watched every episode at least 5 times! When we are hanging out with Cody's cousins, almost always the conversation ends with, "like that one time on Friends when....."



I remember the first episode that came on TV. My family watched it that night and we never watched it again. I remember it being funny but mom said we were to young to watch it. I just never understood because I didn't think it was bad. It's not bad, but now that I am older I get the jokes:)

Day 2

I can't just put one person I have known the longest. I have to put all three of these girls! We all met at the Olive Garden 10 years ago. I was the first to get a job there and it was pretty lonely at first. I just graduated from high school, moved to Tyler and just experienced my first broken heart. These were also my very first really good girlfriends I had. I didn't enjoy HS much and wasn't close to any of the girls and only had guyfriends. When I first started working at the OG everybody there was on drugs pretty much and I was this little sheltered girl that no one wanted to corrupt. After a few months all the druggy's eventually left and they started hiring pretty great people and I have made a lot of friends from that place!



Brandi was the first to come along (Far right). I am pretty shy and kept to myself and Brandi was very outgoing and very talkative. We didn't talk much at first until one day she just blurted out, "why do you walk like that?" I was a little shocked, a little embarrassed and didn't know how I walked. She started laughing and said she was trying to imitate it because she thought it was cute. We have been friends ever since! After I had my second surgery on my leg, my little strut dissapeared, I think she was dissapointed.



A few months later along came Bethany (Far left). Bethany is very outgoing, bubbly, super friendly and makes friends easy. EVERYONE loved her!



A few months after that along came Crystal. She was the very cute country girl that everyone fell in love with.



I am so glad I met each of these girls. Although, we don't see each other much we keep up with each other on FB. Brandi helped me come out of my shyness. She helped me be more outgoing and lured me out of my shelteredness somewhat:) Bethany helped me grow up. She was so mature for her age, had a fiance already and was momma goose to us all. She was a lot of fun and her sweet husband would let me drag her dancing A LOT and to all the Pat Green concerts around East Texas. Crystal was the one who helped me appreciate my country roots! All three of these girls are very special to me and had a huge impact on my life!

Day 1

1. I found the love of my life

2. I always wanted to be a mother, the thought of it actually happening always scared me, now that it's here I have no idea why I was so scared.

3. After 27 years I have finally stopped biting my nails

4. I am a hopeless romantic

5. I LOVE sushi and could eat it everyday for every meal and I would if I could

6. I have realized in the last year I have a lot of patience

7. I love country music and dancing. I dream of being spun around on the dance floor a lot

8. I love living on a ranch in the middle of nowhere

9. My little family makes my day so much better

10. I don't care much going to the movie theater to watch a movie. I feel like I can't sit still that long. Watching a movie at home I can at least get up and walk around and do stuff while watching a movie