My Best Birthday Yet...

Last weekend was my 26th birthday. It was by far the best birthday I've ever had!! I woke up to presents wrapped by my sweet husband... He got really crafty on one of them and it was the sweetest thing to see how much time he spent on just wrapping them for me. I got a birdhouse AND A CAMCORDER!!! I was beyond excited.. speechless! I had NO idea that is what I was getting. He hadn't even mentioned my birthday present so I thought we were just going to spend the day together and he was taking me out for dinner, maybe a little shopping. Holy cow, best surprise ever! (Well, besides finding out I was pregnant! hehe) I have already got a ton of use out it following Christian around. I am so sad that I haven't had it his entire life but I only missed 8 months and I have more than enough pictures to get me through those months! ;) I know I will look back one day and be sooo happy that I recorded all the sweet little things he does each day. 

 These are the presents he wrapped for me... Such a sweetheart!!

We spent the day together as a family.. we went to Neumeiers Fall Festival and Christian went on his 1st pony ride!! It was the cutest thing ever and hands down, one of the best moments I've shared with him! PLUS, got it recorded! ;) We walked around and took some pictures of Christian and I got a great idea for a new wreath that I'm going to make! Then, we went to the mall and shopped a little, mostly for Christian. I had to get him his outfits for his holiday photo shoot. He got chosen to be a model *insert very proud momma moment here..* :) Anyway, I wanted the perfect outfits and we did find one there! We ended up having to go to Fayetteville to get the other one. I really wish we had a Gymboree here, but then I would be broke all the time! I spent entirely too much money one two outfits, but he will be wearing them for more pictures during the holidays so I'm okay with it! 

 

 

 

 My favorite picture from the day!

 He was eating the hay so daddy came to the rescue!

 1st Pony Ride!!!

My dad called us on our way home and told us he got us tickets to the Razorback game! We were so excited! :) We hurried home, got ready, and headed to Fayetteville. When we got there and found our seats, we were thrilled!! Best seats I've ever had anyway. 35 yard line, row 2! We felt like we were on the field!! It was such a great game!! We kicked Auburn's butts and the entire game was full of excitement! Corey and I have such a fun time together.. it was so nice to have such an amazing date, just him and I. We yelled so loud that we didn't have much of a voice the next day! AND I got a funnel cake... it was my birthday cake. :) After the game, we went to Grubb's to listen to my step-brothers band play. They are sooo good!! We danced and had a great time. Pretty sure we were the only two people in the bar that were drinking water and dancing in the front row! haha!! I love that I have such a big-hearted, Christian man to share my life with.. It's simply amazing! We were so pooped when we finally got home.. such a fun-filled day!! Love my family. <3 

 Before leaving for the game! 

 UH-mazing seats... Thanks dad!!

Love of my life!!!

 WPS!!!

 Grubb's... acting silly!!

So, anyway... most perfect birthday ever!! Hope everyone has a blessed night!!

Kristen

KBC Softball...

Well, we had our first softball game tonight. We won our first game and then lost the second. When I say we... I mean, I was cheering from the bleachers! haha Christian wanted to go watch daddy and we all had a blast out there cheering them on! If you haven't experienced a ballgame with Jeana Parks, then you need to! She is a hoot... I just love that woman to death! I have to say, we had the best cheering section by far! That may be because we had about 30 fans out there at one time, but that's pretty amazing if I say so myself! We had so much fun!! I think Christian's first softball game was a success! :) 

 What a wonderful night!!! Hope everyone has a good night sleep! Goodnight!

Loving Life Lately...

Wow.. so much has been going on since the last time I posted!! I took the GRE a couple of weeks ago and did pretty stinkin good on it! Thank goodness for the math portion and being a nerd! ;) I called my advisor the next day to give her my score range and she said that I would be good to go!! SUCH great news!!! Now I just need to submit my FAFSA so I can get loans.. blah, I hate loans! However, it will be well worth it after graduating. Unfortunately, in the same week my sweet little boy got sick. He had that nasty virus that's going around horribly. It took him about 5 or 6 days to start feeling better. It completely broke my heart!!! I'm so glad that he's all better now and his happy little self again! Our church had "Western Round-Up" on high attendance Sunday and it was his first time to wear cowboy boots... It was the cutest little thing ever!

 

 Is he not the cutest?! He's starting to eat baby food a lot more now.. He loves vegetables! I can't believe how much he actually loves them but I'm not complaining! His new favorite thing at the moment to eat is cherry puffs. We have to cut him off or he would just keep stuffing his face with them! The boy LOVES water! He will drink water until you take the sippy cup away. He definitely knows what kisses are now and he loves to give them! He has this new thing, when you say "baby" he will give ya a kiss! It's so sweet!! For some reason, he hasn't been sleeping so great though. This past week has been pretty rough in the sleeping department. I think he might be going through a growth spurt because he tends to want a bottle at night now. I know everyone says, "Do not do a night feeding." Well, blah blah blah! If my angel is hungry - He's eating!  That's the way I feel about it and I'm the momma so end of story. ;) We still have no teeth.... I asked his pediatrician about it the other day when I took him in and he said some babies don't get a tooth until they are 18 months old! I just feel like he's been teething forever... but he said to count our blessings because the sooner they come in, the more they have a chance of decaying. We still do our daily brushing just to keep his little gums clean though! haha He also pulls up in his crib now. It's finally time to lower the mattress in the crib so he doesn't fall out! I can't believe all the new things that he does... new facial expressions, new noises, and he's interested in all new things. He has the sweetest personality and he's just the love of our life!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last but not least... We took Christian to the fair for his first time this week! We were so excited to take him and he just loved it! We went to Old McDonald's Farm and looked at all the animals. We walked around so he could stare at all the lights and then I took him on the train ride. Call me over-protective, but I just could not get on any other rides with him yet.. not this year anyway. The train was our safest bet and he didn't have a chance to reach at anything! haha I think he had a lot of fun.. We sure did! It is so much more fun going to the fair when you have a sweet baby to take.. Well, anything is more fun after you have a baby!! :) Life is just amazing with him in it!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week... Cold front coming in.. Whoo Hoo!! Goodnight ya'll!

Kristen

My Big Boy...

I was in the living room floor last night grading papers while Corey and Christian were playing. Corey was laying on the floor and Christian was crawling around... All of a sudden, he starts crawling up on Corey, puts his hands on his chest, and STANDS UP!!! I could not believe it.. we were in shock!! He is only 7 months old and he's my little baby still... Is it really already time for this?! Crawling, I could handle... standing up, not prepared for! I have to say though, it was the cutest thing!! He kept doing it over and over and now he tries to reach everything to pull up, but he can't reach much of anything yet when he's sitting down! It just seems so crazy to see a little 18 lb baby standing up.. haha! He was in such a playful mood last night... we all played and played forever. I was so happy that I got him pulling up on video. I didn't get to video him when he started crawling because I was getting my phone fixed and I was so bummed. So, I'm really happy I got this one on video! :) 

Corey decided to join me on my run last night. He wanted to run outside since it was so nice out instead of going to the gym. I thought it was a great idea... until about half way through! Whew.. running up and down hills is killer!!! 30 minutes seriously felt like atleast an hour. I was so proud of myself when it was over though! ha! I'm having a hard time walking today due to shin splints.. blah! I always get them.. it doesn't matter how much I stretch. I used to get them all the time running track. I look ridiculous walking around and if you've ever been around an 8th grader.. they do not mind to tell you that themselves! haha I'm taking a break from running tonight... it's arm workout night with the hubby (which is the worst). If you've ever seen my husband, he's not puny by any means and his work outs are hard core. I told him to not take it easy on these flabby arms though.. I'm ready to get rid of that disguistingness (new word). Well, hope everyone has a fabulous Wednesday!! :)

Kristen

Kiss My Hiney Jillian...

You will be happy to know that since my last post, which was 10 days ago, I have lost 11 lbs!! I know that's a lot in under two weeks but I've made A LOT of changes!! I have finally changed my lazy ways and started working out more, completely changed my eating habits, said goodbye to cokes (by far the hardest), and with Christian crawling now I feel like I'm always on the move anyway! Now that I am so aware of what I eat and portions, I can not believe how horrible I used to eat!! I seriously ate anything I wanted at whatever time I wanted and however much of it that I wanted.... And I couldn't figure out why the baby weight wasn't just falling off?! Ummmm... Probably because I'm not 20 anymore!!! I'm glad I've finally faced reality and changed my ways. It feels really good, too! The hardest part, hands down, was giving up cokes! I love me some coke and dr. pepper and not having it 7 times a day (not an exaggeration) was pretty tough on me! I took a sip of one the other day just to swallow a pill and it was so syrupy tasting that I didn't even like it anymore. I do have to have my occasional glass of sweet tea though.. that will never change! I am a true southern girl! ;) I've also started the C25K challenge, which is just an app on my iPhone. I completed day 1 today and it felt so good to run again! However, my body is already aching and it's not even the next day yet (gosh, the next day always hurts!). Corey and I are planning on running our first 5K on October 22nd so I need to stick with this and get in a lot better shape before then! I have always wanted to run a 5K but have just been terrified of it! I will be so proud of myself if I make it through it! :) I'll keep my progress updated on here because it's the best way for me to keep track of it.

Over the 3 day weekend, I got a little crafty and decided to make some wreaths. They turned out so cute! I made a Razorback wreath for the front door and a yarn wreath (which took forever). I pulled off a dead branch on a tree and wrapped it up in yarn too and stuck a birds nest on it and put it on the wreath.. I just love it! I also made a collage of a book Corey and I read before we got married called, "Plan Your Marriage, Before Your Wedding." I would highly recommend it to any engaged couple! Anyway, I took important pages out of the book along with the church bulletin on the day that Corey was baptized, added a few things and framed it in our office!

This past Saturday was Brittney and Kyle's first wedding shower! We had a great time! I'm so excited for the upcoming wedding festivities... I just love that girl to death! Kyle is a lucky man but she didn't do so bad herself. ;) Their next shower is at our house and I am beyond excited about it.... except for the fact that my OCD has already kicked in and I'm going a little crazy over it, but that's okay! Only the best for my bestie!

Britt's shower

 

Now, for the most important topic... Christian! :) Little angel, I swear! He gets cuter and cuter every single day!! He is full fledged crawling now... It is so cute! It's kind of like an army crawl almost... but the little guy is so fast!! His sweet little legs go ninety to nothin'! Yesterday, mom and I took him to Toys R Us and he got a lot of new goodies! He got a hippo that pops balls up and shoots them out, stackable stars that light up, a ball that shakes and rolls around, and a ball pit (aka - a kiddie pool filled with balls!) He played in the Teff's ball pit at Townsend's birthday party, but he wasn't old enough to enjoy it then.. but I could tell he liked it! He's so funny when he gets in there. He just sits there and looks around for a while before he'll play! He also got a new rubber ducky bathtub... He LOVES it!! I put bubble bath in there for him and he kicks and screams the entire time! He looks absolutely adorable in there! Well, I think it's time to take a long, hot bath and go to bed... Hope everyone has a wonderful night!

My sweet family before church..

His shirt says it all!!

 I thought these Hogs cookies were adorable.. Had then made at Paul's!

 Christian's 1st Hogs game!! WPS!!

 Love these sweet ladies!

His 7 month picture!