Conan's last day of school

Conan's last day was Friday. I made cupcakes and we got to tell everyone goodbye. It was hard. I really like his teacher and the staff. I know Conan is going to miss his friends and I am going to miss see everyone twice a day. Thanks for taking such good care of my boy and teaching him so many wonderful things!

Catching up and a new chapter

Ok, so blogger is crazy and posted my eye two times...normally that would be ok because we do have two eyes, however, not two of the same one! Anyway, the point of the eye picture is to say that I now value my eyesight more than ever.

Yesterday I quit my job. Long story..no need to bore you.

This has opened a new door for me. My photography business now has the opportunity to take off. I will use my eyes in a new and exciting way.

I am also pulling Conan out of school and keeping him home with me. For this I am grateful. I have missed our days together and look forward to adjusting back to being together all the time. I know it is going to be a challenge. He is used to constant activity and interaction and I am used to being with adults all day. I do know that he is at such a fun age. He is so eager to learn and please. I am getting ready to sit down and plan out his school for next week. Even Chris is joining in on all the fun. He is going to do "PE" with Conan every morning. Have I mentioned that Chris has been a saint through all of this. I have a new profound love for that man.

We have been rather busy and I am way behind on my posting so I will just leave you with some pictures...as always.

Conan's first medal. Small Fry Soccer. McKinney YMCA

Chris' kick a$$ sushi!

Movie night!

What my son looks like after playing outside in the heat.



Jake's 2nd Birthday

Here I am trying to be a basketball mom. Much harder than it looks.

thoughts

It never ceases to amaze me the direction life can take you. the people you meet, the experiences that come your way and what lessons you will learn along the journey. I am more than blessed to be a wife, mother, sister, aunt, best friend, artist, dreamer, and some days I am even a pirate swabbing the deck! I have been thinking a lot lately about ...well everything. How does life all fit together and what it all means, nothing to deep mind you, just simple thoughts. I certainly have not figured anything profound out to say the least, but what I have come to realize is that life is what you make it. I can take a stressful day and let it affect how I am at home, or I can leave it at the office and treasure the time I have with my family. I can take a 20 min workout and work my butt off and feel great at the end or I can cut it short and tell myself that I at least tried. Life is truly about the small things. I have said this many times about many things, but it is so true.

I only get today once. What can I do to make it special? What can I learn and what can I teach. What will Conan say to crack me up. How can I show Taylor that I appreciate and care for her more? How will Chris show me today how much he loves me. Will I be able to have enough patients to deal with the kids? Who knows, but if we did it wouldn't be any fun would it?

Conan will have his surgery on October the 4th. It is a procedure that is done over and over...it is not open heart surgery or anything major, however it is my child and therefore it is a big deal to me. I need him more than he needs me. God, keep him safe and let him know just how much we love him and please make his body heal quickly.

Taylor's 15th

So far behind....

I am such a slacker. I have about 10 things I need to post about to get caught up and still don't have the time to do it.

Things have been crazy to say the least. Here is the short version

1. I have been sick a lot lately and I have to go see a specialist to see what is up with my digestive tract. I have missed several days of work and every night my stomach is on fire and I feel like throwing up all the time.

2. We are trying to recoup from our trip and get back to normal. The worst part of vacation is that you have to come home. Don't get me wrong, we were eager to see the kids, just not very thrilled to have to go back to work.

3. Right before we left for our trip Conan got sick with Balanitis (sp?) Basically it is an infection in his penis. Due to some complications he is going to have to have surgery here in the next couple of weeks. They are going to put him all the way under. THIS TERRIFIES ME. We have an appointment with the urologist tomorrow so hopefully we can get this over and done with.

4. Taylor turned 15! Holy Cow. We took her to lunch and had cake, but her real celebration is this weekend. She wants to take some friends to the mall and the movies on Saturday. I have some pictures to post and will do that soon. My Mom bought her a bearded dragon, it is tiny and cute...for now!

5. I have several clients I am trying to get stuff done for.

6. Chris and I started Body for Life. Wish us luck. In 12 weeks I will have the before and after pics (if I am brave enough to post them)

7. I cant believe it is September 18th already....this year went by so fast. Conan will be three in weeks. I am about to have a three year old. That is so cool.


Thats all for now. Hope everyone has a great day!

The best time!

WE HAD A BLAST!
too tired to post all the details...will soon.

Outta Here!!!

Thank goodness for vacation...thats all I have to say about that.

...new baby sister

....not from me! Lately Conan has decided that he has a new baby sister. He named her Jackson. This is how our conversation went on the way to school this morning. After he informed me that I had sat on Jackson and that it wasn't very nice.

Conan: Mom, we have to be very quiet around baby Jackson.
Me: Really?, who is baby Jackson?
Conan: Mom! She is my baby sister
Me: How old is your baby sister?
Conan: teenie tiny
Me: Oh really, who takes care of her?
Conan" Moms wipe butts very gently so you change her diaper and then bring her to me and I will feed her.
Me: Ok son. Why did you name her Jackson?
Conan: Stop asking me questions, Mom

We have a new family member named Jackson everyone.

I find this all rather funny seeing how when I asked him last week if he wanted a baby brother or sister his reply was that he was the baby and he already had a sister. Hummm.

~something he said the other day cracked me up: I sing "Jesus Loves Me", and "Jesus Loves the Little Children" every night before we go to bed. The other day he told me that I couldn't sing that song because Baby Jesus had a runny nose and if would hurt his feeling if we sang that song and baby Jesus couldn't sing it with us. Ok. goof ball.