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!