End of the year.........

The end of the year is quickly coming to an end at school and things are sure moving along. I have started packing up my classroom a little every day after school so that I won't have to do it all at once. I am dreading having to move all my things. I did not know how much I had gotten over the past 5 years.

Carter and I went to the splash park with Tiffany and one of her little boys on Friday after work and he had the best time! I can not wait until we can go to the water park every day!! He loved the water and did not want to leave when it was time to go home.

Busy as a bee.....

This should be my new saying since it is the end of the school year for me and things just don't slow down. The closer that it gets to the last day of school the busier my days get. I am so excited to say that I have a new job for next year........... I will be teaching in Allen ISD 6th grade!!! God is moving in our lives and we are along for the ride.................

Carter turned 1!!!! He is so much fun these days. He has totally gotten his little personality going on now and I am thinking he is a good combonation of both of us. Laid back like Ryan but loud like me. He is walking and pretty much running now and he is a little follower where ever we go. He has really started playing with his toys now and it is so cute to watch him.
Today I am going to upload pictures and will post them later tonight.
How are things with you?

Cruise 2010

And now back to blogging!

Here are some pictures of our wonderful cruise!!!!!!!!

PS! Guess who is turning 1 tomorrow

It's might be a CRAZY life but it's our life................

So.......... Crazy as it might have been the past few weeks I have written posts and just never finished them. Here is a little down low on what has been going on.

1. Packing for our 7 day cruise
2. getting Carter ready to be away from us for a whole week. (more getting mommy ready)
3. Getting my students benchmarked and ready for Spring Break
4. Got my hair dyed
5. Got a chemical burn
6. Got looked at really funny for a few days while waiting to get my hair fixed
7. Got my hair fixed and loved it
8. Leaving on Friday to go on a curise with my wonderful husband!!!

Well....... that is the past few weeks in a post.
What have you been up to?

Is it March yet?

• I would like to start this blog out by stating and asking….. WHERE OH WHERE DID THE SPELL CHECK ON BLOGGER GO???? There are a lot of things I would say I am good at but spelling NOT my forte.(see I don’t even know if I spelled that word correctly) Can anyone tell me where it went? How do I get it back? Anyone ….. Anyone…….

So on to the real post. Since Valentine’s Day is NOT our holiday I have been eagerly waiting for March to come because March is Spring Break month. A year ago this March we booked our first soon to be parents only vacation. We booked it so far in advance that we got a 7 day cruise for under 1,000. Carter was not born yet but we knew by the next March we would need a parent’s only vacation and could not think of a better way to go. So I am ready for March 14th to come really soon so we can kiss Carter boy goodbye leaving him with 3 wonderful sets of Grandparents who will shuttle him to and from each other’s house and embark out into the Caribbean. First off to Montego Bay then sail into Grand Cayman and last Cozumel.



For this I shall need some new summer dresses to where while we are gone. Any suggestions on where to go? Cheap is what I am looking for but still cute! I am thinking of doing Mystic Tanning before we leave as well so I don’t get burnt while sunbathing or scare off the others passengers. Compared to Ryan I look as white as the snow we had last week.



I can hardly wait to even start packing this is how excited I am. Don’t get me wrong I am going to cry probably at least once a day when I think of Carter but Ryan has promised he will buy me a calling card each time we dock to call and check in. I know he will be in great hands which is the real reason I am ok with still going. You see I did not know when we booked this cruise before Carter was born how attached I would be to him. I knew I would love him but I can honestly say I fall in love more each day with him.
He just makes my heart smile!!!!!!

Another one bites the dust

Ok........... I know you guys are all wondering what happen on 2010 Valentine's Day.......

I HAD THE DREADED STOMACHE BUG!!!!!!!!!!

Yep thats right another V-day came and went and we never really even saw each other because I was in the bathroom or the bed all day and poor Ryan was out in the living room with Carter. Lucky for him our friend Amy is staying with us right now and helped out when he needed to come and check on me. It was horrible! He even called my mom over because I could not even hold down water. We thought we were in the clear at about 8pm last night I was feeling a little better(it had been a long 24 hours) and he washed the sheets and lysoled the room.

But NO we were not! Ryan started getting sick at midnight last night so he stayed home from work today which he never does and he laid up in bed while Carter and I are playing in the living room.

Maybe Next year!

Show us your life.... Valentines Day

Over at Kelly's Korner it is Show us your life Valentines Day! Posting about Valentines Day for me is funny! This year will be Ryan and I's 4th Valentines Day together and let me just tell you blog world..... Valentines Day is NOT our holiday. So instead of telling you all about the mushy things we do for Valentines I will tell you why it is NOT our holiday.

• V-Day 2007: Our very first Valentines Day. How did we spend it you might ask. With Ryan laid up in his bed at his grandmothers house with Pneumonia . What started out as a missed diagnosed case of bronchitis turned into pneumonia. So after being taking to the hospital and getting some medicine that pretty much made him not remember the rest of the week or where he was this was how we spent our very first Valentines Day. ( side note: 1 month later on March 14th Ryan asked me to marry him)
• V- Day 2008: Our second Valentines Day. I really was looking forward to recreating our first Valentine’s day and making it great. But Cupid was nowhere in site this year either. The day before the big day I spent the whole day in the doctor’s office with what else but BRONCHITIS! Strike number 2
• V-Day 2009:Three strikes and you’re out! 7 months pregnant….. morning sickness everyday of the pregnancy……Gallbladder stopped working at the 4 month mark and was removed 8 weeks after delivery = Valentine’s Day is not our holiday!
• V-Day 2010: I am sure you are wondering if we are even attempting to do anything. Our plan right now is to go to PF-Changs for dinner with our 9 month old. We have never been there and did not want to plan on doing anything huge since we knew it would not work out. I will fill you in later on if that works out.
  
  
  
  
  On a good note Birthdays and Anniversaries are in the cards for us! Saving that for another blog day! Come back to hear all about it.
  
  

Snowed in!

For the first time ever in Dallas we had 14 inches of snow in 24 hours! This is the most snow I have ever seen in my life! Who would have thought that Carter would have his First Christmas be a white one and then at almost 10 months old see more snow then his mommy ever has. We got the day off from School/Work today so we put 3 layers of clothes on Mr. Carter and went out to see what he thought of the snow. He did really well for the first 5 minutes or so and then he was done. Who can blame him I mean he was born in Texas where the most snow we ever get does not usually even stick to the ground. I made my very first snow angle ever today. Here are all the places I have been in my life where I should have seen this much snow but of course when I was there NOTHING! NO SNOW really fell: Alaska, New York more than one time, Chicago, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Yep all the places I have gone and the snow man did not want to come out and play while I was in town.

After the photo shoot in the snow I was on a roll and went through all my pictures on my computer and organized them into months since Carter was born. I think I will do this until he is about 2 then just organize them by year. What do you think? I am on the hunt for a new camera as well. Mine is good but it takes FOREVER to take the picture and he is usually not smiling anymore. I want a Cannon that you just push and it takes. Any suggestions?

Weekend Wrap-Up

Here is Carter boy bright and early Friday morning ready to go back for his tubes. We had to be there at 5:40am so lets just say he was the only bright eyed one in the bunch. He did great! Way better than Mommy did. I was a wreck the whole time. The doctor came in and told us there was tons and tons and tons of fluid so it took a little longer than normal. There was some bleeding after but we stayed and waited until it was gone and then we were on our way home. He took two long naps but other than that had a good day. One of our friends and her husbands made us dinner and brought it to us that night. What a blessing it is to have good friends.

Saturday: We hung around the house cleaning and letting Carter have a little more recovery time. Then it was time for Game Night! It was so much fun and as you can see we even got some of our friends to help us finish some much needed work in Carter's room.

Holly, Jared and Rodney finishing Carter's name for me! Great friends

The finished Project!

Carter even waited up for Lacey. She brought him his very first Valentine's Day gift. I guess that makes her his Valentine

Sunday: We went to Sunday school and church and Carter did get in the nursery as usual. Sunday School was great today and Ryan and I even had a wonderful conversation about it on the way to lunch with my family. Carter did not have a nap all day so we had to bail on the Super bowl party when he started running a little fever. I think it was because of having a busy morning and still needing some recovery time.

That is the Harrison weekend wrap-up! Hope everyone had a great weekend. What are you going to do for your babies for Valentines day? I am in need of some suggestions.

Tubes for Carter Boy

Today my mom and I went and took Carter to the ENT beacuse he has had so many ear issues in his short little life. I thought we would go and meet with the doctor and kinda play a wait and see game. Boy was I wrong............ Tomorrow morning at 5:40am Carter will get tubes put in both of his little ears.

I know that this is a normal thing and tons of babies and little kids have this done....... but the thought still scares me and so I ask you blog world out there- Please say a prayer for my little boy tomorrow and let God lay his hand over him and heal is body so we can move past this and get our little boy well. Also, while you are lifting Carter up I wish that you would also be with all of the other babies and kids that will be having surgery tomorrow all over the world that God will also be with them and their familes.

I will check back in with you all bright and early!

Simple Pleasures...........

Kelly’s Korner one of my fav blogs to read is doing a blog Simple Pleasures. A simple pleasure is something that is special to you and makes your heart smile ( my new favorite saying) I thought this was a great post so here I am to share with you the BLOG world my simple pleasures……..

My number 1 is saying prayers with Carter at night before I lay him down to go to bed. I have done this since the first night we brought him home. I always start with the same thing…” Lord please watch over Carter tonight and wake him in the morning light” then I go into specifics that I want to pray about. I hold him tight and give him 3 kisses when I am done and lay him down for the night (hopefully he won’t need to wake up to eat)

The rest are in no particular order……………





the smell of rain

the smell of fresh cut grass

the last 10 min of any great show (the anticipation of the preview for the next week just gets me every time)

comments left on my BLOG

a card in the mail for me

coffee

a GREAT hair day

getting a text from my husband that says I love you and nothing else

seeing the face of Carter when I come to pick him up from the babysitters (wishing I could be a stay at home mom)

STAY AT HOME DAYS WITH CARTER

finding money in purses or jackets or pants or really just finding money

phone calls from friends you have not heard from in a while

looking at the alarm and thinking yes 2 more hours of sleep

coupons I LOVE COUPONS





I could probably go on and on but that should do for now!

Girls night out..... with our babies

Last night Carter and I went to Gloria's at the Harbor with TIffany and her two boys and Amy. We had so much fun! Carter was such a good boy and loved watching Weston and Peyton be big boys. He got a hold of Tiffany's Lemon and I just had to share the pictures with all of you.

Oh this looks like it might be good.......

umm Mommy what is this called........

I am not so sure about this.......................

ya mommy I will not have this again! Then he throws it on the floor for the waiter to later say "OH did the baby not like the lemon?"

Blog Hopping....

This week has been crazy and it is only Tuesday! Ryan has had to be at work everyday by 5am so he has left the house by 4:30. I asked him if people are really on the road with him at that time in the morning and to my surprise there are. On Monday when he went to work he tried to leave early in time to go by starbucks and get some coffee WELL to all our surprise it was NOT open yet. Yes I know what you are all thinking.... but it was closed. Lucky for him one of the football players needed a ride to school so he quickly said he would go so he could once again stop by Starbucks and this time get some much needed coffee. They are doing a leadership program with all of the football team before school which is why the early hours are needed.

Carter got the H1N1 shot on his 9 month birthday last week and ever since then he has been soooooo sickly. He has a really runny nose that is also super stopped up and he just can't seem to breath. We are constantly sucking his nose out which is no fun for either of us. He can't seem to sleep well because he can't breath so this is another part to our long week on Tuesday.

On a happier note I went blog hopping off Kelly's Korner today and found some great new blogs to read and hopefully get read by. It was super fun to find somenew blogs and I plan on trying to do this more often. Since Christmas I have really felt the need to write and document our lives more. I think Carter just brings out a different side of me.

Until tomorrow.......... Have a blessed Wednesday

Shopping!

I have really wanted new clothes latley since having Carter and loosing weight. I still have much more to go but I am working on it. I work out with friends 4-5 days a week now moving up from 3 days felt good. I have been watching what I eat and calorie counting.
So Kelly at Kelly's Korner has done a where do you like to shop post and I loved loved looking at where everyone is finding some cute things.

I have now gone to TJ Max and Ross! Boy if you find things you like you will really find a lot.

Where do you like to shop at? I am also waiting to hear about any diet tips you have so bring on the help.

As soon as we get the CD for Carter's 9 month pictures I will post some for you all to see how big he is getting

But you never said this would be easy.............

YOU ONLY SAID YOU"LL NEVER GO ALONE!!!!!!!!!

Praise God for he is always with us.........

This was laid on my heart right now. I just felt the need to share that with all of you. If you are feeling like he is not there and you are alone.... trust that you are not. When you need him the most is when he carrys you through. May God be with you and yours. :)


Today we took Carter to get his 9 month photos. We were not going to be able to get them done because we had only worked into our BABY PHOTO BUDGET to have newborn, 6 month and 1 year photos done.... but lucky for us one of our family members is a photographer and wanted to do pictures for us and we took him on when we really wanted 9 month photos done. It was so much fun and of course Carter did a great job! I don't know what it is with him and a camera but he just loves it and knows what to do when it is in front of him. I am hoping to have the CD by Monday and will post some pictures for you.

Then we went to Cheddars with Ryan's family and YUMMY! Totally not in my diet but it was still good. I was able to plan what I was going to eat and look it up on the website and see how many calories I would be adding to my day. I love that you can do that with pretty much anything now.

What diet tips have worked for you? I have been working out using the WII biggest looser 3-4 days a week and then going to the gym with some of my girlfriends 3 days a week. I am also Calerie counting.

And because I hate to post without pictures here is our Monkey Boy!

We are back!

Busy that we have been but tired of not taking the time to update and keep in touch so here is a picture post of what we have been up to with more to come! Come back soon!

Here are some hightlights:

Poor Baby Carter

Poor Carter has a double ear infection and throat infection! Lucky for him he has a mommy who just seems to always know when he is sick and took him to the acute kids this weekend to get him checked out. I left there crying thinking what if I would have taken him sooner.

Still we had an ok weekend full of cleaning the house and Carter played in the kitchen for the first time with a spoon and pan!!! He had way more fun than I thought he would!

So a question I have for all you mommys out there.......

When did you start putting a blanket in the crib with your baby? What about a pillow? The doctor this weekend said to put a little pillow in there with him to help with his nose. What do you all think?

Where have you been you might ask!

For all 3 people wondering where we have been and why we have not posted in a month here is the answer!

1. Carter has finally been dismissed from having testing done this month and we were very busy with getting test results and hearing wonderful news!!!!
2. Football season ended and Ryan was home way more and we catching up on lost family time!
3. Work has been very busy with the semester ending for my 5th graders!

But don't worry my faithful 3 readers out there we are back and ready to catch you up with some great pictures and keep this blog rolling!

I love FALL!!!!!

I can not believe that it is alaready October! Time seems to be flying by and Carter is about to be 6 months old! This past weekend we took Carter to the State Fair of Texas with my family. We all had such a great time and he did way better than I ever thought that he would do. He rode around getting carried in the sling by either me or my mom and even took a nap while my mom was carrying him. He really liked riding on the skyway all the way across the park and getting to look out at all of the things going on down below him. I did not like it so much but I was glad that he and Daddy did.


This week was a little crazy with the weather being crazy and cold, hot then rainy. Carter got really wet walking up to the babysitters house on Friday and was so amazed by the rain. This was the first time he had been out in the rain and though I tried my best to keep him dry the whole walk to the door, it did not work and he was a very wet boy.

Today we went to our good friends The Mashburns house and we hung out for the whole day! It was so much fun and the babies really had fun together. It was fun to see Carter reach for Karley and he even gave her a kiss. Well what looked like a kiss but with a big wet drooly mouth! The guys watched football and the kids and Karen and I talked and caught up. When it not football season we go over there every Friday night for game night. I can't wait for football season to be over just for this very reason!

I will post the pictures of the fair and today in the morning when I plug my camera in to the computer.

Have a great Sunday!

Madness Tuesday!

After being sick since last Thursday I am finally today feeling better! I am still on medicine but lucky for me Carter has not shown any signs of getting it! Thankfully I have been able to give him kisses today which I have been trying not to do on his face this past week. This was a rough sickness and for a while I thought I had the flu but got the yucky up the nose test and it came back negative. So.... just an upper resportiory infection for me!
It is only Tuesday and it has been such a crazy week for me since I was out from work last Thursday and Friday. I feel like I will never catch up. Carter and I went to my brother Jacob's football game tonight and he had so much fun watching Uncle Jacob play! Carter LOVES football. Really he just LOVES being outside. He did not however like it when the people in the stands would stomp when we scored. I let him know that he was going to have to get over it being a coaches son and all.

Hope you are all having a great week and get out your fall stuff because October is here!!!!!! YEAH FALL!
PS. Does anyone know why the spell check is no longer an option!!!!