easter hop

As Easter rolls around, I can't seem to overlook the special photo sessions with the Easter Bunny himself, the classic photos with the rabbits and of course, all of the flowers. It's the ULTIMATE view of Spring itself. AMAZING!!!! I can't believe it's already about to be April...time has flown.

My son is about to be 6 months old!!! HALF A YEAR!! WOW!!!! It doesn't seem that long ago he was coming home. I can't get over it!

Monday down, 4 more days until the weekend. Amazing weather...perfect! :)   

teethers!

One week of teething down and on to another week. Just when things started evening out with his 1st tooth, the tooth next to it decides to show his little face! Excited yes, but ohhhh the sleep! Where are you???

He's been up every hour after he goes to bed. He went to bed last night ab 1130pm, up at 1230am, 130, 230, 245, 3, 315, 4, 430, 5, 6, 7...Tylenol, teething tablets and orajel. SOOOOOOOOOOO tonight we are going to make sure he does not sleep from 7pm on...at 9 he will get a bath. 930 he will get his dinner (right now, 2.5 oz of some baby food, then his 6 oz bottle) and 10 o' clock tonight, his head will hit the sheets of his bed. CROSS OUR FINGERS AND PRAY!!!!!

Jay noticed my eyes were black, as well as his....I was in MUCH thanks to him for noticing hahaha HOW ATTRACTIVE right????

So we took Tristan somewhere the other day and he was COMPLETELY enthralled with the fish in the aquarium. So we decided to take him to a local pet shop, we made our way back to the fish section. Yet again, fascination with the fish. We thought this awe he was in over fish, we would try ONE more pet shop....just to seal the deal. On to the fish section and still intrigued. So we crumbled and bought an aquarium for his room. Yes, my 5 1/2, almost 6 month old has an aquarium in his room. Speaking of that, my husband is currently getting it put together now. We thought the fish would be great, but also the sound of the water filtration system would be relaxing for him at night too. The light sound of a waterfall. So its the vetter part of both worlds here. Its not a big tank and we are doing freshwater fish.....so it's minimal upkeep!! We haven't gotten the fish yet, we have them picked out, but we have to make sure everything isjust right before we enter them into their new home (temperature, ph balances...).

The weather here has been incredible!!!! The last 2 days we've made it a point to get out and "run errands". A breath of fresh air never smelled so great. Getting sun and just enjoying our day. Today has been a bit of a different story as its been a little chilly and windy, nonetheless, our windows are open and our house is filled with outside haha I LOVE IT!!!

So, as we start the new week, lets hope for great weather (that hopefully never leaves!!!!), restful sleep and lots of health and happiness!!!!

The Culprit

Alright, so the last time I posted, I had said the crazy weather was the culprit for a fussy baby. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! He just cut his 1st tooth! So much going on with him right now. He's getting his first tooth, he's rolling rolling rolling rolling all over the place. I know next is the mobile-ness....baby proofing our house is about to be at the top of our to-do list.

He is growing by leaps and bounds and I am in a bitter-sweet state right now. I am so sad he is growing up, learning something new everyday. The world is becoming a little clearer everyday. He has so much more to continue to learn, but I am right there with him! At the same time, I am sooooo excited to see him learn and GROW. For him to progress in every light is amazing and such a blessing!!
God has blessed my family beyond all words and expression. I have an all-knowing God, who knows my every thought and sees all of my faults and yet, He still carries and loves me. He has sent me 2 amazing parents who are always there for us. Helping out as often and as much as they can. My prayer is that God blesses them 10 fold for as much as theyve been able to bless us. I have a wonderful husband, who loves me in all my faults and weak moments. Who does the happy jig with me in exciting moments and who lends his me his shoulder, while wrapping his loving arms around me, during sad/trying times. A beautiful blue-eyed little boy who is healthy, happy, loved, safe and encouranged. Im in love with him and it just grows more and more every second of every day.

STILL trying to find the perfect house/property. We've looked at houses (big. small. odd layouts. no storage. strange neighborhood. odd neighbors). shacks. fixer-uppers. cleared land. wooded land. 10 miles away. 2 miles away. 15 miles away... House? Land? where are you? please just jump out and be perfect for us...for NOW. Better yet, please just grow a sign out in the front yard that simply reads "Welcome Home Shepherd Family....this is it!!" I know a home is what you make it. So I have my home, but I want the HOUSE that usually comes with the "home" part. Crossing out fingers and pray. I know its out there. I keep telling Jay APRIL 30th...APRIL 30th....thats our housing credit deadline. He keeps saying, if we find a home before then great, but we dont need to rush into buying something just for the credit. If we get it we get it, if we dont. we don't (I WANT IT!!! what an amazing savings!!!!)...

ALRIGHT, once we get through HUMP DAY, its all down hill from there!!!

First Day of Spring??

While it may be the first day of spring for the rest of the country....where I live, NOT SO MUCH! First day of Spring brings snow. I completely enjoy snow, but on a more regular and consistant basis. After having about a weeks worth of amazing Spring weather, I am totally over the snow! Come again later this year and that will be perfect!!
I guess this crazy weather has had some sort of peculiar effect on Tristan, he hasn't napped officially in probably 3 days!!! Not sleeping that well at night either. OHHHHH how I am dreading my week starting. I completely enjoy daddy weekend duty. I am not looking forward to my full week of waking up at 2, 4, 5 and then probably again at 6-7 AM! I got out the habit of this bizarre nightly schedule, he had been doing so well at night, 6-8 hours a night. Now, no napping, no sleeping during the night. Broken sleep starts to have its tolls. My resolve is still in search; I fully believe it has to do with the pressure going on outside with this weather. It's been affecting my ears a little, so why not his too right? or his head, or whatever...
I blogged about Friday night being so enjoyable, yet here I am on a Sunday, dreading the new week. The "dreading" part is just the many wakeups during the night.
Well, I am off to watch the 2nd series in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

ah weekend, we meet again

Well here I am again, the lone ranger of the house. My 2 boys asleep. My animals, sleep. Somehow, the all-annoying March Madness is currently playing in the background and HOW I have kept myself awake....I have no idea!!! My husband is obsessed with this basketball...and in the next few weeks, The Masters will be on. I can actually handle golf, but it can have the same drowsy affect on me that March Madness is having on me right now!!! lol My little dude is being honed in early to the sport genre!!! He actually stops to watch basketball and football. I know its a lot of action, but he doesnt do this with any other show. Just sports. My future is looking more and more like "foul-ball", "pass intercepted", "homerun!!!", "get in the hole!!!"....blues, greens and reds. HAHAHA I live in house of boys and here I am the all girly mom. I am completely obsessed with makeup, baking and all things artsy; yet, I am surrounded by 1 sport addict and 1 future addict.
It is absolutely beautiful outside, all of the windows are open. Fresh air smells so wonderful. The sound of birds and trees rustling in the wind...oh how I love Spring!
My house is a wreck right now, and while I need to clean, the ambience that is surrounding me is not telling me to clean haha it's telling me to chillax as every other being in my house is doing so right now. Not to waste, but to completely soak it in!!! My husband seems back to normal after his awful sickness from earlier in the week. Tristan is growing by leaps and bounds. I wanted to take him to the zoo today, but a 5 month old has no clue what is going on with such wild animals. A walk in the park would suffice him just as well for now....hopefully though this fall he'll be more in tuned with animals.
This time thing is really throwing me for a loop. I can't believe its nearly 6pm....ahhh time is flying!!

Friday night is my all time favorite...not saturday, but friday evening into night....bc the weekend is still so "long". Saturday night just reminds me of oh gees tomorrow is the end of the weekend lol Friday night....ENJOY!!!!!

sick sick and more sick

agh it seems to be coming from all sides. i actually tried to post yesterday, but something was going on with our internet....crummy day outside, maybe it had contributed a little. my husband came down with something awful Sunday, and even more so Monday morning. He woke up with a 102 degree temperature. headache. stuffy nose. mucus. dizzy. i have no idea what it was but he stayed home to try to recoup as much as possible. when your husband wakes up with 102 degree temp and there is a 5 month old baby in the picture...you rush that baby out of there asap! so i took tristan to my mom's yesterday morning and rushed to the store to pick up $70 worth of stuff for jay lol gaterade for its electrolytes. emergen-c. a humidifier. tylenol warming nighttime fluids. tylenol day time severe cold/flu. soup....anything you can think of, i got it!
jay rarely gets sick. when he does get sick its usually extreme. example....randomly waking up with 102 fever. he got sick 2 years ago with chronic bronchitis...NO hes not a smoker at all! that awful raspy, horse-filled cough that comes with bronchitis never really leaves you. so ever since he got that, his cough sounds like hes been a chain smoker for a decade! i left him to sleep at home all day! peace and quiet. i guess it helped bc he broke his fever last night. he looks and sounds a lot better. pb 70% now....im soooo glad!

so today, i disinfected our house like crazy!!!!!

Tristan and I have both felt a little under the weather today. more tummy issues if anything. im boiling it down to allergies and drainage. he felt a little warm today, so i gave him some tylenol to hopefully help. nap and more nap!

we had my nephews birthday party on saturday...my hubs 2 sisters also got sick...i kept myself pretty secluded, so i guess there was something in the air. yuck!!

i hope everyone is back to normal by the end of the week!!! pray and cross my fingers!

craziness

finally my first time in what seems like months, but really in a week to sit down and enjoy the sound of silence and relaxation. jay and i have been going nonstop, no sleep. its been a long week! tristan has been getting some pretty strange hours in, not his fault, just our schedule. going to bed at 2...being up at 630. it seemed like it would never end!
Jay took me to Dallas yesterday, we went to my all time favorite restaurant, The Cheesecake Factory for my birthday (on March 10)...then on to IKEA for some amazing shopping. My nephew was having his birthday party (3 years old) last night, so we went in early for a great day together and it was beautiful outside!!! I was so glad to get out of town for a little while and enjoy some time with my 2 boys. We thought about spending the night, but since we've been going so much lately, we wanted to sleep in our own bed and wake up at home....for a great lazy sunday!
i really need to do some grocery shopping, but cant find the energy in myself to actually get ready to go and to deal with the crazy, stupidity my town offers! it seems like here lately drivers have gotten slower, more rude, inconsiderate, oblivious....people at stores have gotten dumber, more rude, inconsiderate, oblivious.....are we noticing a pattern here?? yea, me too! i can't stand it.
my sinus' have been terrible these last 2 days. i love the spring, but i hate the allergies it brings with it.
my 2 boys are currently napping and here i am, a lone ranger awake in the house! my cat is sunning and completely passed out. my 2 dogs are sprawled out on the kitchen floor, passed out.
Not looking forward to starting a new week, i love having jay home all day on the weekends. however, duty calls and off to work he goes, 8-5.
well i think i am going to sneak in some me time, before my 2 boys wake up and madness soon follows!

ODE TO FRIDAY

my week is measured by friday. i think to myself EVERYDAY, if i can just get to friday.... As one day ends, it's well 4 more days til friday, 3 more days, 2 more days...

Only this time around, Sunday, my little boy will be 5 months old! I can't get over it. It's heartbreaking, yet so exciting. Learning, discovery for him is astounding. He is precious. He's conquered carrots, applesauce and bananas! Loves them all, next we are on to peas. Wish me luck on that, because I honestly don't know a single person who likes peas.

I am currently taking a break from cleaning. My house is such a disaster that I am finding it hard to decide where to start. Bathroom? Kitchen? Bedrooms? Laundry? Living room? dusting? vaccuuming? mopping? organizing? aghhhhhh none of it sounds appealing. I clean house between 2-3 times a week; when i say clean, I mean dust, vaccuum, mop, scrub....the whole schpeel! But I swear, it gets so dirty and messy so quickly. I'm talking, I'll clean everything up and the husband comes home from work and opens the mail on the kitchen counter...leaves it there. Puts his tubawear containers on the kitchen table and leaves it there. shoes are left in the middle of the bedroom floor (and somehow, his dirty laundry makes it into the laundry basket...HOW I am still trying to figure this out!!!! Since he can't march over to the dishwasher and put in his dirty dishes, or put his shoes on the shoe rack in the closet...). Our bathroom is awful! He trims his beard and leaves the trimmings all over the counter!!! He says he "cleans it up", but I totally beg to differ here. The worst part is, he trims his beard in the GUEST BATHROOM!!!! So I am completely unaware of the situation until I go clean in there. Then I am completely mortified to discover his mess, then wonder, how many people came over and saw that!!!?? We have friends that come over randomly during the week, use the bathroom and BAM there it is!! I guess I should check in there everyday to make sure he hasnt snuck in there to do it.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE, we are having dinner with some great friends tonight and tomorrow night! Both couples had a baby right after Jay and I did. One 3 weeks after Tristan, the other 2 months....BOTH GIRLS naturally lol however I would NEVER trade my little dude for a little girl now! I remember when we found out it was a boy...omg my husband got the cold shoulder for like 2 weeks!! I wanted a girl so bad, but God totally knows what He is doing and I am head over heels in love with my little boy!!!!!!

Alright, I guess I procrastinated long enough, back to my housing duties!!! agh. Bright side, I already vaccuumed and dusted every room, now on to the actual CLEANING portion.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

mondays come all too often

I feel like I roll over in bed and BAM it's Monday...already!! Time just seems to fly by these days. Im trying to savor every moment, but I feel like it's passing me by too quickly. I wish I could stop time for just a moment every day! My little boy is growing so rapidly. He's eating applesauce, bananas, and carrots; and one more additional food every week. Starting to sit up by himself now (unless he gets super excited or tired), saying "momma"...or something like it. I have been so thrilled to see him pass these little milestones, and in the (near) future, even bigger milestones. Crawling, walking, talking, pre-k...eventually graduating, marrying, having kids of his own. I guess you never realize how time flies until you have a family and it just moves faster than you can keep up. Gosh I love him sooo much. He'll be 5 months on March 7th (*tears of denial and sadness*).

So it's official, I've decided to go back to school. OB Nurse. That's what I plan on doing.

Well, I am going to watch The TIme Travelers Wife. My husband suprised me by renting it tonight. Love him!

Sleep well fellow bloggers :)

Please just stop time....

Have you ever had the moment of I wish I could rewind time by ohhh, 10 seconds?? YEA, I'm having that moment now!!! I think it might even apply more for those who have kids (and by kids I mean babies!) lol The moment is so perfect when you FINALLY get your baby down for a nap (especially after they fight it and do everything in their power to not give in to the sandman!), when BOOOOOM, a loud crash occurs. It is the absolute worst! All you can do is go on about your activity and "pretend" you didnt hear it. Try not to cause a fuss or ruckus over it. Hopefully they"ll go back to sleep and all will be okay. What happens when it wakes them up, they do in fact try to go back to sleep, then the grouch dog of the neighborhood (and idiot owner) comes out and barks at the grass growing for all I know, my dog decides to get up and shake it all about hahaha AND THE LIST GOES ON!!!!!

IT'S LIKE, REALLY??!?!!

It's not even KIND OF a nice day outside to enjoy a walk. It's rainy, overcast, cold, windy....the perfect concoction for 1.) rhinovirus aka "the cold" 2.) ear infection(s) 3.) rvs 4.) pneumonia

I'm sorry weather, but I am clearly not in the mood to mess with your local friends today or ANY day soon for that matter hahaha

Our satellite is being ridiculous and nothing is coming in clear on the tv, which is fine, but i do have one bone to pick and its The Bachelor season finale tonight. Vienna or Tenley...or NO ONE! (lets hope its the latter of the 3). So I am praying to the satellite gods of "please quit being so ridiculous and going out after some one who has flatuent issues 2 houses down...lets pull through until 9pm" I am serious, I swear if my neighbor 2 houses down had gas, my satellite would go out!!! It clearly doesnt take much for such technological advances to crumble sometimes.

I feel like I am at an inbetween! I want to do something!!! I love being a stay at home mom don't get me wrong, but what happens when Tristan is older and ready to go to pre-k...Jay and I don't plan on having another baby until Tristan is in pre-k (so about 3-4 yrs). I think I might go back to school to be an OB Nurse. I think I might enjoy it. My occupational outlook has always been so different than that of a nurse. Never my ideal job. I wanted to be a makeup artist or pastry chef...something creative! While my husband is completely supportive of my dreams, he's also into "realistic outlooks" and for him, makeup and baking is not "technically" achievable right now. Yes, opening a stand alone bakery is a lot of money, and in all honesty who wants to open an unknown business in this economy??? It's different it were a famous fast food chain or major retail shop...but an unknown local bakery?? yea....i guess I agree with my husband on this one!! So for now, I do it when i can! I guess we will see where God leads us and go from there...that's probably the better path anyway!!!

Happy Monday...and Happy MARCH! (already!??!)