Kim told me I need to update this. I don't have much to talk about really, I mainly just wanted to put some pictures up. I think that will be the whole point of this post... pictures.

Father's Day 2009

Kellie's 'going away party' on 6/20/09 Love this! He was a little unsure of the dogs... Luckily he warmed up to them a bit... This picture might just be one of my all-time favorites of him

It's been awhile.

Well, I figured I should probably update my blog a bit. I've kind of been neglecting it. Lots has happened in the past month or so. Summer is officially here and I think I have a little fish on my hands. Garrett has been swimming so much! He absolutely loves it! He just splashes and kicks, he doesn't seem to care how much water gets into his eyes. I'll post the only video I have of him in the water below, it doesn't really show much, but you can see how much he really does enjoy it. I'll go ahead and apologize for the poor camera operating. I don't know why I turned it sideways.


This was taken 6/5/09 in the lazy river at the Hyatt Regency Resort in San Antonio.


And this is a video of him hanging out with all of us women while we were talking, a.k.a. gossiping ;) on our trip. Taken on 6/6/09.


Last video, promise. :) This was him eating a french fry or 2 on 6/6/09. P.S. ~ it wasn't so dark until I loaded it on here, sorry.


We had so much fun on the trip! We(me, Amber, Kim, Granny, Gwyneth and Garrett) left Thursday morning. We took a 12 passenger van, which was awesome because we had so much room. We stopped and had lunch at Cracker Barrel on the way. It only took us 7 hrs. to get there, haha. It was fun though! Kim had some pretty fun little games. She knows how to keep everyone entertained, she's a first grade teacher so I guess this is to be expected. When we got there we went and scoped out the resort a bit and then went to dinner. It was a pretty low-key night. I will say that I absolutely LOVED their beds and all of the pillows on it! I slept so good. It was awesome not having any dogs laying in between my legs. Gwyneth slept with me 2 of the nights, but that's ok, she's not a bedhog like Cole. Saturday morning I got up and went to the work-out room and ran 2 miles on the treadmill. It was so nice to get up early and walk there in the morning, hardly anyone was outside and it was so peaceful. Then we went and found a spot for the day and set up camp. We pretty much just swam, ate, and talked all day. We went to Olive Garden for dinner that night and then went back to the resort and watched a little of HSM3 out on the lawn. That was neat. Saturday morning I got up at 6:30 and went and did the 2 miles on the treadmill again and then Amber and I went to the spa and I got a swedish massage and she got a mani/pedi. That was SO nice! It was a great spa and one of the best massages I've had. Then we met up with Kim who was already at the lazy river and pretty much had a repeat of the first day. Well except Sara, Cindy and Avery met up with us. It was so nice not to have any obligations, we literally just hung out. That night we just stayed in and me, Amber, Kim and Granny ordered pizza and had a good ol' time in the room. I won't go into detail, but it might be one of the most memorable nights ever. One word sums it up... HILARIOUS! Oh, and I can't forget the raccoons. I never saw them, but Amber must have been like a magnet to them. I think it was 2 nights in a row that she had a raccoon just come waltzing up to the patio while she was outside. It was probably the same one, but pretty funny none the less. On Sunday we pretty much just got packed up to go and headed home. We made a stop to the outlets in San Marcos. That was a little too fun! Oh, and we stopped at the Czech Stop on the way home. Good thing that place is so far because I would be like 500 lbs. if it were closer. All in all it was a great trip and I hope we get to do it again next year!

Some pictures from the trip.


Garrett also went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time. He went for my cousin's son's birthday. I think he had a good time. He couldn't keep his eyes off of Chuck E. Cheese.

Clothes, clothes, and more clothes!!!

From my title you can clearly see that I am in MAJOR shopping mode! It's all Kim's fault! She took me shopping for summer clothes on Thursday and ever since I've just wanted to shop! The thing is... it's hard to get much done with an 8 month old in tow. Yesterday Garrett and I went to the mall, Ulta and Old Navy. I REALLY need to go to Southlake to get some stuff but am not taking him with me so I'll have to wait until I can have a couple of hours to myself. I'm wanting to get stuff mainly for the trips. Speaking of that, we have everything in order and booked for our Cabo trip! I'm SOOO excited! I am just REALLY feeling anxious about leaving my little man behind. It's not that I worry that he won't be in good hands. I am just going to miss him so much! I haven't been away from him for more than 24 hrs. and we will be gone for 5 nights! Atleast our flight leaves early in the morning on Sunday to come home. As much as I love going on vacation I do know it's always so nice to get home.

Other than the trip there's not just a whole lot going on. I've just been playing mom, working out(gotta look good in a bathing suit right?)and working a little. Cole's been good about working out again too. As a matter of fact, that's what he's doing right now. I already did mine for the day. I got up and went to the gym and ran/walked 5 miles and then went and ate Joe T's for lunch with my mom, Holly, Karen, Brock and Garrett. Then of course I felt guilty about that so I did another mile on the elliptical when I got home. Weird, I know. :) It was really nice to catch up with all of them though. Especially Holly. She just got back from her wedding in Montana. I told her she could go eat with us anytime, she likes her some baby! haha.

I'll leave you with a few pictures of G...

This is his "Leave me alone, I'm watching TV face."

Happy Mother's Day!!

I will start out by saying that I had a great first Mother's Day! We got to sleep in a little because Kim had Garrett and then we met Cole's family for lunch at Chan's Mongolian Grill. It was really good and VERY filling. Afterwards we came home and Garrett gave me the best present ever... he took a long nap! Which meant that I got a long nap as well. :) Cole was very sweet all day, he kept acknowledging the fact that it was Mother's Day and I didn't need to do anything. He and Garrett also both got me cards and of course my ring that I have mentioned before. He cooked me whatever I wanted for dinner too. I picked chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy and creamed corn(recipe below). SOOO good! Oh, and of course brownies and ice cream for dessert. I figured M-Day is a great excuse to splurge. haha. Whatever makes me feel better, huh!? Buster had a minor injury in the process, poor guy. He tends to stand right under your feet when you cook in hopes of getting anything that falls. Well, he definitely got splashed right on the head and ears with REALLY hot grease! Cole freaked out a little, he felt awful. But I am happy to say Buster seems to be doing ok today, other than his burnt looking hair. All in all it was a great day though!

Saturday I worked a little and then Garrett, my mom, my dad and I went and watched Cole play tennis in a tournament. Him and my uncle Chip were partners. They lost, but it was a good/close match. Garrett did really good. He started getting pretty "talkative" so my mom had to walk away from the courts with him. Saturday night me, Cole, my brother, and his g/f Trish went down to the Stockyards and had some drinks then ate at H3 Ranch. Cole and I had never been before. It was good, but definitely not my favorite steak place.

Cole sitting on a saddle/barstool at H3 Ranch



I have some really good news... we get to go to Cabo thanks to Taylor! Nothing is set in stone just yet, but we are getting all of the details worked out. So far it looks as though me, Cole, Taylor, Lance, Kellie, Scott, Sarah and Drew are going in early-mid July and staying in one of Taylor mom's friend's condo/suite/villa? I don't really know. All I know is it's going to be an absolute blast!

Creamed Corn
from Cole's Granny

-1 can regular sweet kernel corn
-1 can cream corn
-2 pieces of bacon
-butter(to taste)

Directions:
In a skillet cook bacon until crispy
Take bacon out of skillet and blot the grease off
Add both cans of corn to the skillet that has the bacon grease still in it
Crumble bacon and add to corn
Add butter(I think we added 1-2 tbsp.)
Let simmer for a bit(we did for about 30-45 minutes)

So simple and so good!

A nice little weekend

Last week was good, not too much to report on. Friday night Cole and I went over to Holly and Tony's new house. The 4 of us and Katie and Whitney hung out by the firepit in their huge backyard and talked, had some drinks and ate some burgers. It was a pleasant time. Saturday I got up and went to the gym, went to work for a bit, then Cole, Garrett and I went to Landen's 2nd bday party at Chisolm Park. Due to the weather we had to stay under a pavilion, but it was nice to see everyone and I think Landen had a pretty good time playing in the rain. I'm sure Katie had an even better time cleaning him up after playing in the rain. ;)

Here are the only pictures I took. I wish I had taken more...




A couple of more pictures from the party that I stole from Katie...(Landen is soaked in the pic, I think it's kind of hard to tell though)






After the party Cole and I just laid low at the house for the night. Sunday I went to spin, and Cole went to a gunshow with my brother and purchased himself a lovely gun, yay(total sarcasm by the way). Kim was nice enough to watch Garrett for me while I went and ran some errands. I went to Southlake Townsquare and picked out my Mother's Day present at James Avery(it's a ring with G's birthstone in it) I had to make sure I liked my first Mother's Day present afterall! I did a little shopping afterwards. I really wish I wasn't so indecisive! It can be very frustrating for me to shop, but I will have to admit it was nice to have some alone time and actually just be able to take my time and look around. After that Cole and I went and ate at Taco Diner and then we saw the new X-Men movie. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. We had a nice little date-night. That pretty much sums up our weekend.

Now, I'm REALLY looking forward to June 4th! Cole's mom informed me yesterday that me, her, Amber(sis-in-law), Sara(Cole's cousin), Granny(Cole's g-ma), and Cindy(Cole's aunt) and all of our little ones are going to stay at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in Hill Country(basically San Antonio). I think it will be a nice getaway and I'm excited to take Garrett! It has a lazy river and lots of kid related things to do. I'm also really looking forward to spending some time in the spa! YAY!

Squash, zucchini and onions oh my! (corny, I know)

We have a garden! Thanks to Cole and his mom. It has tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green beans, asparagus, onions, squash, zucchini, jalapenos, mint, basil and cilantro. Here's a picture...



Below are some pictures of Garrett enjoying his new swing, thanks to "Kiki" and "Pops!"












And a video of Garrett eating his Puffs, as requested by Kellie. It's not the best, but it was the best I could get out of him at the time. It was taken on 4/25/09.

What a weekend!

And by the title I mean, we pretty much did nothing productive, unfortunately. Well, Cole did good, he got a garden planted. Other than that we didn't do any of the things I had mentioned before... we didn't get to go to Calley's shower. Garrett had a hand in that. We also didn't go to Lance and Taylor's. We were just too tired. We stayed home Saturday night and I made dinner and Sangria, really good by the way... I'll post the recipe. And we watched the Wrestler. I found the movie a little boring.

Tonight me and Garrett are going to go to Red Lobster for a little surprise get-together for one of my mom's friends. It will be nice for him to see everybody.

I finally added a profile pic, I'll put one of Cole, Garrett and I when we can finally take a good family picture. This always turns out to be alot harder than it needs to be.

Here is a picture of the Sangria(it doesn't look as good as it did lastnight when it was fresh) Cole even really liked it! It's nice and refreshing.


Sangria
from http://singforyoursupperblog.com/

1 bottle of red wine(I used Menage a Trois)
3-4 cups of Ginger Ale
2 blood oranges, sliced(I had to use reg. navel oranges)
2 lemons, sliced
strawberries(to your liking)
1 pkg. of frozen peaches, thawed

Mix everything together and chill until ready to serve!
I also added a shot of orange vodka, you couldn't even tell.

Poor baby :(

Garrett has had a rough couple of days. Wednesday he fell and hit his face on a handle of a dresser and ever since then he's been prone to accidents. I swear someone's going to call CPS on us. His face has about 3 scratches and 2 bruises. It's because he's pulling up on things and not having the best balance. He's kind of getting the hang of trying to sit down softly, but not just yet... obviously. Not alot has gone on the past couple of days, we've just been working and hanging out.

Tonight we are going to Joe T Garcia's. I swear that's like our second home. I feel like we are always up there. It's the only mexican food Cole ever wants. My mom is watching Garrett for us, thank goodness. I just really do not enjoy taking him out to eat with us. It's hard to just relax. But tonight should be fun, we are going with Kellie, Katie, Lance, Taylor and Sara. I can't get too wild and crazy(because usually I do, yeah right) because we have a baby to come back to and I have to work in the morning.

Tomorrow we are going to Plano for Calley's baby shower. I can't believe it's already almost time for her to have her baby! I can't wait to see her little belly. Then tomorrow night we are going to Lance and Taylor's. I think quite a few people are going. I have to bring Garrett along. That's ok though because my friends hardly ever see him because I always get a babysitter when I hang out with them. I think Kellie will be the most happy about this. :)

Well, gotta go get little man, he just woke up from a 2 hour nap!

I'll leave you with these pictures of my battered and bruised baby :(