18 days....

We just got home from an 18 day world wind.  It seemed like we were gone a lot longer than that.  It is amazing how dirty your house can get when your away and Cody even did all the laundry and the dishes before I got home!  We drove about 1800 miles, only one breakdown( from Jones) and he had a good reason.  We had a busy, fun filled 3 weeks which included:  Wylie, Edgewood, Van, San Antonio, back to Van, Edgewood then Wylie, Dallas, Allen and Frisco!  We had lunch with old friends, cousins we have never met, Aunts I haven't seen in forever!  I have found my new love......IKEA and Chuy's!  I met up with a few of my old OG friends at the new IKEA in Frisco and it was AWESOME!  There I realized I need to get a new GPS CD for my car because roads weren't even showing up.  We did lots of shopping!  Stopped in Gainsville at the outlets on our way in and on our way out!  Made a pit stop at the Terrell outlets with Grammy!  and hit up a few children stores in Ardmore,OK waiting for Cody to meet back up with us for the ride home!  and found JBear two stinker shirts while in Texas!!!!

Went swimming and LOVED it!

Got to feed a mini horse!......almost got bit by a mini horse:)

Tried to talk Jackson into liking Jones....Sadie is sold!

Played in Nannie and Daddo's sprinklers

Hung out with my favorite cousin Hannah!

Uncle josh and Jones got to help Cody at the Expo in SA!

Jones somehow managed to pick up his daddy's and friends old school gang sign!

When I got home I cleaned out Jones' closet.  Everything he had was either way small or the stuff that fit was winter clothes.  I took everything off hangers and put in storage bins and hung up all the clothes he racked up while we were gone and now his closet is full again.....little stinker! 
Since we were away from Cody 90% of our getaway, we were on the phone a lot.  I said Daddy to Jones about a million times and Cody talked to him on the phone a million times.  By the end of our trip Jones was saying DaDa!  He missed him so much!

It was so good to get back.  Still trying to get the house in order and cleaned.  Our room looks so empty now. We moved Jones into his room on Monday night.  I finally just moved everything out of our room.  His rocker, pack n' play, put up his bassinet, humidifier and all his goodies to his room. He was way more ready than me.  He did really good, better than me.  When I first put him in his crib I think he was a little shocked that this was not what usually happens and started crying and was bright eyed and didn't want to go back down.  I let him swing for a little bit till he got drowsy and tried again.  It only took 3 tries and he was out!  The next night 2 and last night he went down the first time!  Although he woke up at 4:45 ready for the day this morning.....No Bueno!  This momma is tired!  The first night he was out of our room I woke up about 20 times and confused on where I was.....and looked at his video monitor about 50 times!  Which is weird because I'm not one of those paranoid moms that constantly worries!

Trying to get ready for round two on Tuesday.........

It has been so easy traveling with Jones because he had been sleeping in a bassinet that fold up easy and was very light to carry.  Now I'm gonna have to tote his HUGE pack n' play with us.  I was not thinking when I registered for that gigantchuwon of a thing!  I might need to invest in a smaller one and sale this one!

Busy Busy Busy

I  have neglected the ole' blogger.  I have been doing a lot of writing instead of blogging:)  I bought a thick journal and have been writing Love Letters to Jones!  I got so interested in Ancestry because I know nothing about my family and decided I want Jones to know us and know stories about his life, stories that he can't remember and most of all I want him to know how much he is loved.  That little dude is loved SO much and he doesn't even know it yet!  I wish I knew stories about my parents and grandparents and wish I had them to read.  I'm still waiting on your Legacy book KIM! :)  I will try to write more here but I'm loving Jones' journal more at the moment:)

Cody got his first Hole-In-One and he was soooo excited!  It was a par 3, 125 ish yards and the sucker went in on the first shot!  I don't care for golf and have tried to hit the ball a couple of times and it doesn't go far.  So I usually go for the ride and the tan.  Kim and Jed were down visiting and we all decided to go.  Jed and Cody played and me, Kim and Jones watched!

Our fawns started dropping middle of May and I think we have about 16 so far.  We haven't had to bottle feed any yet and hope it stays that way:)  It took Jones awhile to notice the deer but he has finally noticed them.  He just stares at them confused!

The nice thing about OK and the dry climate is at night it is SO nice.  The wind finally died down and we were able to ride around the ranch on the ranger instead of the truck.  Pretty scenery and beautiful sunsets are a part of our every day here!

Photograph

I've got a picture it's glued in a book

Of most of my family that somebody took

Grandpa died early before I could know

The man that they tell me I take after so

Though I don't remember it still makes me laugh

When I see us together in a photograph

Mommy and Daddy burned hot like flame

But it all turned to ashes with no one to blame

I can still see them but not in my mind

It's been so long that my memory's blind

Though I can't remember it still makes me laugh

When I see us together in a photograph

Well it happened last winter we had a son

And they took a picture of family round one

It's there to remind you when you can't recall

What your daddy looked like when you were so small

Though you won't remember it still makes me laugh

When you see us together in a photograph

Sneaky Sneaky

We had a busy busy week.  We ended up going to Texas last Saturday.  We made a pit stop in Wylie and stayed with my mom and headed to Van Sunday to surprise everyone! I woke up with Shingles....ON MY FACE.....again! Not sure what caused this break out but I' am willing to bet either me stressing out about the storm we drove through on our way home or my minor freak out in my sleep the night before?

We walked into church Sunday and the in-laws almost passed out!  It was the best seeing their faces!  It was a fast trip but we got to see everybody and spend the night with Mimi, Papa Jones and Grammy and Nawna and DooDee!

We had our Easter celebration at Nannie and Dado's house.  All the "big" kids got to act like little kids, if only for the day! 

We got family pics done and can't wait to get them back!  I hope they turn out good.  I was not feeling it that day and was a little insecure about my shingles and they were hurting and I was exhausted and nauseated all day.

Tuesday night was pretty intense.  Several storms came through Van and we set up shop in the tub for a couple of hours.  Jones didn't know what to think about that but he did great!  Tornado did hit Van, but luckily it was a few miles away from us....it was still scary though.

We had a short trip but had a lot going on.  Easter, birthday's, two massive storms, pictures, tornadoes, feeding Star and Sushi!  Wednesday night we stopped back by mom's house.  Jones was sooo tired and was out by 6:30.  Mom cooked hamburgers for us, but since Jones went to sleep early me and Cody snuck away for sushi!  It was much needed date night!  We also made it home in 6.5 hours!  That is a record.  We only had to stop once to feed Jones!  He slept the rest of the time and was in bed by 7 that night.  We were all wore out but so glad we came in!