10 Interesting Things from the past Week...

I have quite a few things I would love to share with you but it would take me all night to make 10 different blogs, so I decided to join them into one. This will be a long one! (These are in random order :)- not in order of importance!)

1. STUPID IDEAS...Every once in a while, I do something REALLY stupid :) Well, this weekend was one of those times. We were visiting my sister and she does not have a fence, so we got a stake and leash for our dog Tucker to be tied to. It was very long, so he had plenty of room to run around. But, please learn from me (although you probably would not do this anyway, unless you were having a stupid day).... Do not throw a ball for a dog on stake and leash to go get when you are standing in the middle of the leash. This is what could happen...


2. Happy Anniversary!... Colin and I celebrated our 5th anniversary last Friday! I can't believe it has been that long. We celebrated by going to an Atlanta Braves game. We had a blast! It was a pretty interesting game... there were paratroopers that came parachuting onto the field, the Cubs pitcher got thrown out after the 2nd or 3rd batter, we got whatever we wanted to eat... pizza and Dippin' Dots, and we won in the 8th inning! We were talking after the game about our stats as a couple.... 3 moves, 3 years medical school, 1 baby, 1 dog, 3 cars, 1 700 sq. foot condo (I'm not kidding), 1 home, 3 teaching jobs, 2 years residency, 3 churches, and MUCH more :) I love you, baby, and I wouldn't want to experience any of this with anyone but YOU! I am so thankful for the blessing the Lord has given me in you.



3. Birthdays... My nephew celebrated his 3rd birthday this weekend. It actually isn't for another week, but my sister is due any day with her third child, so we thought it would be better to go ahead and celebrate early just in case! Bennett is such a ball full of energy! He is so caring and loving, but he also has that boy side as well.... he is ALL boy! I love him for that... I could just watch him play for hours. Like at his party, he would tackle his friends, jump off the slide into the kiddie pool, and run around with his swimsuit around his knees :)( pullup on, of course) It's going to be a hoot to see him and Hudson running around playing together in a couple of years! He got a slip and slide, a cowboy hat and guns and gun holsters, a chainsaw and jigsaw with safety goggles, trucks, and we got him croquet.. yes, croquet. He said he wanted it! Here are a few birthday pictures...Jumping off slide

Enjoying cake...

Actually enjoying the water with a friend!

Bennett posing with his cowboy hat..


4. Diapers... I think I am going to have to move Hudson up a size in diapers. So sad. Why is it such a big deal? I guess I feel sad that he is growing up so fast! My sister mentioned it to me this weekend and then I left Hudson with Kim last night for date night, and this morning when I changed his diaper, she had left me with the subtle hint of him wearing one of her daughter Caroline's diapers that is a 4. :) Ok, ok.. I get the hint.

5. Bread... I am making my own now :) Grinding the wheat in an electric mill, and making it homemade. Well, in the bread maker. I am so excited because I have read all about the health benefits of the vitamins and nutrients found in freshly milled flour. Hudson was my motivation. And, luckily, we all like it a lot! Now, I can even make muffins, tortilla shells, cookies, etc. with the healthy flour! No, I really am not granola (or, for Shannon, crunchy). I have just thought more about the foods we eat since Hudson was born. Check out Bread Beckers if you are interested! Here is my first loaf:


6. Beauty Basics... Hudson is already concerned about his skin. He is determined to have smooth, wrinkle free skin for his whole life. Here he is spreading an avacado mask all over his face ( and the high chair, for that matter) to prevent aging.


7. Body Pump... I am going to be buff after the summer, because I am taking a body pump aerobics class!! I am excited about it, because it REALLY works you. I could hardly move after the first class. Also, I'm "pumped" about it because Colin and I are having a little competition to see who improves the most in pushups, situps, and with our running time through the summer. I have a little of an unfair advantage since he works all day and night in his job, but oh well... all's fair in love and muscles.

8. I saw a rainbow the other night. The rainbow is a reminder of the promise that God will never again destroy the earth with a flood. But, it was a reminder to me that God gives us so many promises in His word, and He will never break ANY of those promises...

"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God" Jn. 1:12
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you WILL NOT be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. ISA. 54:10
"His divine power has given us EVERYTHING WE NEED for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness." 2Pet. 1:3
"Call to me and I will answer you, and tell you great and unsearchable things which you do not know." Jer. 33:3
"For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." Ps. 103:11,12
"Therefore, there is now NO condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death" Rom. 8:1,2
"You will seek me and FIND ME when you seek me with all of your heart" Jer. 29:13

9. Update... My sister is due with her 3rd child ANY day!!! I am so excited! His name is going to be Franklin, and I know that he and Hudson will be best buds. I don't see how she does it... with two already!? (And no complaining, too!) I guess you tap into God given energy that you never knew you could have when you're in a situation like this! God bless her- She is looking and doing great!

10. Hudson... I guess I could give you a little Hudson update. He is growing like crazy, it's getting closer and closer to his 1st birthday ( I can't believe it). He LOVES to play chase around the house, he just cackles when we play that game. He can push his push toys around and cruise on the furniture when he feels like it, but no steps yet. He is a MASTER of the crawling and standing on his feet without holding on, though. He is eating more than Colin and me combined right now, I think! He is a bottomless pit. He calls Tucker "tuh, tuh". Is that his first REAL word? I'm not sure. He gives SWEET kisses now, the ones we don't ask for are the most special ones :) He raises his hands above his hands when we say "SO BIG!"... he IS getting so big. I think his favorite foods right now are avacados and baby nutri grain bars, and my bread, of course! He did get in the pool the other day at Jill's and liked it a lot. YEA! Last but not least, he has learned how to SCREAM!! I mean, ear piercing girlie screams. Yeow! How do you stop it? I don't know. I am sure the people sitting next to us at Chili's would love for us to figure that out!