A Trip to the Zoo

I am thankful to get a beautiful day to visit the Zoo. We got to see the new baby elephant & her momma. We saw every animal we possibly could see in one day. And this year Jacob loved it.

We went with his cousins and aunt and some of her side of the family. After we all enjoyed dinner then came home & passed out.

The next day Jacob went to a picnic at the sportsman club my dad belongs to while we went the the Nickleback concert. We had a blast but per his picture above he looked like he was ready to rock n roll to~He is so cute...tough guy

Quit Clowning Around~

Well Jacob's cousin's stayed the other weekend. They were a hoot~

I went to a yard sale and got a bag of old costumes for $0.50... Clown, Twinkies, mustard bottle, ninja, & Jacob's Fav a M & M. But they all love the clown. They took turns Clowning around. They were so much fun and our house was full of laughter all evening.

It's amazing what 50 cents can bring...

He slept like a baby that night

A trip to the Dairy

I am thankful that my son get to experience alot of different and fun opportunities. My Brother Steve works at a local dairy. So on Joey's birthday before he had his party. My brother took Jacob, all 3 of his little ones, and I to the farm. It was neat to see all the cows, the new babies, and the big tractors & trucks. The cows were beautiful ... stinky but that's not their fault. I must say compare to most barns/ farms I been to it was not that stinky....

Anyway the kids loved it especially Jacob.

Thanks Uncle Steve~

Thomas Live came To Town

Its been a while and I got a bunch to catch up on. In May we went to see Thomas Live. It was a blast. I have never seen him so excited. When we first got there we thought maybe we made the wrong decision to bring him cause he lost it. Crying, stomping his feet, all that good stuff. Which I am not saying hes never had bad moment but not like this. Finally they came on stage and he was so quite...watching everything & taking it all in. Then intermission. He was fine. They came back on and he lit up. He was then singing, dancing, pretend to chug & blow a whistle with his arms. And he has not stopped doing that.....

I give this show 10 stars our of 10.

Pictures below are from before and after the show. Enjoy~

Belated Pictures...

Easter, vacation...etc

Hilton Head 2009

I know its taken me a while to upload and to get these on here. I am CRAZY busy... I am working, working, & more working. I pulled my back last week after cleaning the house and mulching my huge flower bed. I had such a crappy week. Try telling a 2 year old you can not pick them up cause you hurt your back.

Anyway..... We had a great time on vacation. I needed it so bad. Michael did not get to go. Long story... short ... his boss got fired took everything with him including time off calendar. New boss refused to give him off in which he found out 2 days before we left. Who ended up driving all night 13hrs.... ME~ Never thought I could do it... But I did~

Anyway I was really ticked when I found out he could not go and nervous about the drive... I had no issues with getting lost or anything. No wrong turns... See guys woman can drive!!

Anyway i happy now cause we get to go on vacation again with Michael. Well got to go Jacobs crying~

Hilton head SC may 2-9 2009

Hilton Head Island May 2- 9 2009 Vacation

More pictures... I love the one of my Mom & Dad~

jacob looks so big in the one picture with the lolli pop.. he looks like he is 5yrs old or so.....

LA LA

Everyone meet LA LA

Yes La La.... Jacob named His boy bear LA LA... and I love it!

Its so cute. He talks about him & tells me how much he misses him if he is away from him.

He hides always in the same place(under the office chair) and yells LA LA where are you?

and goes running all over looking & gets pappy involved in search and rescue.

what a great kid~

And he's all mine! Oh ok ... he is Michaels to......

Juicy Juice Party

Its been a long time... not that I have not wanted to add pictures & let you all know how things are. But I have been busy.... the sun has been out and Jacob has had cabin fever due to winter so we have been out side. Also we went on vacation.

Anyway the pictures above are from Jacobs juicy Juice party we got selected to do by Juicy Juice. See I get a lot of coupons online and well I signed up to get Juicy juice coupons and filled out a survey which 100's of others filled out from this blog I read.... and none of them got picked. So I got picked!

Not complaining... it was a lot of fun~ Except now Jacob thinks every tuesday hes having a Juicy juice party. HE WAS SOOOOO EXCITED about the whole thing.

Well Juicy Juice sent me a bunch of stuff. Juice, reusable grocery bags, coloring books, water bootle container, growth charts.... and of course I added. I bought some candy, and cookies & the BIG punchy balloons. If you every throw a party kids LOVE a goody bag especially with those in it. I got to the $ for alot of it.

we made red velets cookies, I let them paint, plant seeds, the ran all over the house... and I do mean all over the house. It was great~

Coupons & Parties

Today I am thankful for ... coupons~ Ha that sounds so funny!
If you knew me you would know I am BIG into coupons & can get alot of stuff for a little $$ or almost free. For instance I got 12 packs of Huggies wipes 218 ct refill & 4 Jumbo packs of Huggie diapers for a total of 5.00. Yes.... $5.00
and NO I am not pulling your leg.
I also just got 12/ 12 packs of Pepsi for 10.00.
4 things of All almighty lndry soap for 4.96
6 things of campbells tom/ chicken noodle soup for Free
2 12' Frozen red baron pizzas for Free
3 jars of pickles FREE
12 bars of Johnson & Johnson buddy sudsy soap bars FREE

Ok I think you get the idea. Its not that I am looking for something free. I just am trying to save money, cut corners and save. I would love to adopt again and with an economy that has been shaking I worry that we may never feel safe or comfortable adopting. So that is why coupons are important... to help us be able to have a better chance of that. My husband is a cars saleman & truly I can not complain to much he was doing pretty well up till the last 2 months ... they have been slow. Not his fault..... Just signs of the times. As my dad would say


So anyway I read a blog about a lady who trys to save and see even post coupons & stuff. Well I signed up for this thing she had to get coupons for Juicy juice & a chance to have a Juicy Juice Shining Moments House Party. Several ( hundreds of people did this) and never got picked from her blog. I got picked and here is what they are sending for our little party for Jacob & his friends.

Your FREE Juicy Juice party pack includes:
Juicy Juice Immunity – two 33.8 oz containers* of Apple flavor, 2 containers of Berry flavor
Juicy Juice Brain Development – two 33.8 oz containers of Apple flavor, 2 containers of Grape flavor
15 Juicy Juice coupons
1 sleeve of Juicy Juice sample cups (50 count)
2 pack of Juicy Juice napkins (25 count each)
1 Juicy Juice table cloth
2 Juicy Juice informational display stands
15 decks of Juicy Juice mini playing cards
15 Juicy Juice eco-friendly grocery tote bags
15 Juicy Juice re-usable bottles (BPA free)
15 Juicy Juice growth charts
15 Juicy Juice activity booklets

PRETTY AWESOME~
I am so excited for my little guy .

Well duty calls. My little guy needs me... Probly gonna ask wheres the easter bunny for the 20th time... Oh well..... I love to hear him say it~


Good night

I'm Still Here.....

today I am thankful for a moment of sanity. My mom & dad took Jacob to their house. Which gave me a chace to get my work done and clean the house and tag some stuff for the multiple of mothers sale that is coming up. Lately I feel like I have no time. I have to admit we have been spending as much time out side weather permitting. Also I have been reading a book in my spare time. New Moon the second book from movie Twilight. Then I will move on to the next one. Its the first time in a LONG time I have read a book. to bad these were not out when we traveled to Vietnam to adopt. I mainly read childrens books ... to my son... not to myself...silly~

Also Jacob has been crazy. Into everything! running, jumping, and just being a boy. A few saturdays back he hit his eye on the open car door when I got him out of his car seat he threw his head back cause he was mad I would not let him run all over the garage bare foot... ( yea my son takes his shoes off any chance he gets) I did not think he needed stitched but figured since it was his eye better to be safe than sorry so I took him the urgent care... 4 stitches.... and then a black eye... Lovely~ it was horrible. I felt so bad I had to hold him down while they did it. And I could have sobbed but I knew if I did he would be worse. So I held it together. Barely!

Well stitches are out. 3 days later rolling on the floor the corner reopened. they rechecked & said he would be fine. I hope it does not scar. Any thoughts on how to keep it from scarring please comment.... thanks~

I always worry but I think I even worry more now if that is possible. I might put him in a bubble. I kep t calling him my little bruiser... my football player... he would just growl...

My poor little guy... I love him so much

Anyway so really Jacob & I have just been busy...going to the park, walking and now movie night with my friend and her children which are his friends. One of gets the movie and brings dinner & the other brings drinks & desserts. and then we switch next time. Its nice

Well I better go... here are some pic's

his eye

view from our window

and more

Twilight.....

Ok so we rented this movie... I loved it~

Robert Pattison plays the lead Vampire..... and his has this thing about him... Very attractive guy! He's the bad boy in high school you admired from afar but when you got to know him he was the sweetest guy.

Anyway rent it... better yet buy it~ I am