A trip to the Fire Station!!

We went to the fire station with one of our playgroups for a tour. Boy did Dalton have fun. He LOVED did I mention LOVED the fire trucks! He Squealed the whole time! One of the fire fighters held him some. He just went right up to him & put up his arms! I think he might want to be a fireman someday! To sum up a great time here are some pictures from our day. Shaking the hand of the fireman geared up & ready to go on a fire call! Taking charge of his new favorite toy the big bad fire truck!! His new Fireman Buddy!

Happy 23rd Month Birthday Baby Boy!!

Well you are now 23 months old only 1 month away from 2 wonderful years old. I sat today & looked at you thinking how truly blessed I am to have you in my life. I love being your mother. I know that at times I am obsessed about keeping you safe. My favorite line is "CAREFUL"! After I say that you stop & look at me like "WHAT I was not going to get hurt"! I love your kisses & hugs that you give me sometimes when I ask but other times when I don't. Which I think are the best!! Daddy & I are so proud of you. You are such a good boy & everyone can see that. You never hit bite or take things from other kids. When other kids take something you have you take it in stride & just let them have it & move on to something else. You are so sweet to your the dog Bailey. He lets you sit on him anytime you want. Well next month you will hit yet another year older the big #2! Thanks for being such a great baby boy!!! LOVE YOU LOTS, Momma!

BYE BYE Hurricane IKE!

This is some of the horrible destruction he left behind! WOW was that bad! We did not have it as bad as other people but we had NO electricity for 24 hours. IT WAS HOT did I mention it was HOT! Thank God the electricty came back on because I thought we might melt along with all our food. You know the biggest thing we were short on & was hard to find was toilet paper. I am never going low on that stuff. I would have traded water for it! Dalton did great considering it was hot & there was no TV! Thank goodness we have a pool. All of us along with some of our great neighbors swam on Saturday to help us keep cool. I think if we did not have that we would have been nuts & bored! We just prayed for all the people that lost their homes! It is such a devastating thing to go thru. It is scary but makes you appreciate all that you have much more. I give all the praise & glory to God for protecting my family & friends!

Growing up & Growing Words!

Wow Dalton is growing up so fast. I can't believe he will be 2 at the end of next month. He is really starting to say words. The last few days he has said: Dayna, Barbara, Grandpa (gra-pa) & Outside! Or as he says it Out side! We are trying to teach him that it is one word. Grandpa & Nana came over Friday & we swam in our pool. He sure loves that! He loves them very much too. He always cries when they leave. His sister Laura came over & stayed with him on Saturday while I worked. They had so much fun swimming & blowing bubbles. He loves playing with his sisters. I hope they are always close. Since we are older parents it will be nice for him to have them for a long time after we are gone. They think he is wonderful too!! They never get tired of giving him a bath or feeding or just playing with him.

Back to Birthday Plans!

OK we went to a bounce place here in town & it would be over $300 just to bounce & have pizza. Not including the cake! So we are going to rent a 3 in 1 moonwalk & put it in the driveway. We can order pizza & have cake! YEA! It will be nice here in October. Not too hot or too cold. So I am really excited! Here is what it will look like. Notice it has a slide too! He loves the slide. We are teaching him he is going to be 2 & to hold up 2 fingers. He is getting it down fast. He is such a big boy!!

1st Dentist Visit for Big D!!

I took Dalton for his first Dentist visit today. I really want to make sure we are doing everything right for his teeth. Darrel & I have bad teeth so we want to make sure Dalton does not go thru what we have with fillings & such. He did great. They were so nice & he has 16 teeth & the 2 year molars should be coming within 3 months. Then we are done with teeth issues for awhile. He said that Dalton's teeth looked great. So we are headed in the right direction with him on the Dentist front!

2nd birthday party plans!!

OH my I did not know how hard planning a kids party would be. I want to take him to the jumping place but it is rather expensive for a 2 year old party. So I am really thinking about just having it here at the house. I want to do the Thomas the Train theme. Dalton just loves trains!! Too bad I can't bring in a real train (ha ha). Nothing too big for my boy. So if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them!! I have just 2 months to plan & execute!!

Wasp Sting!

**UPDATE** Dalton is doing much better today. His foot looks good! You can still see where the wasp stung him but he feels no pain from it. What a trooper! OH MY GOODNESS my POOR little BOY stepped on a wasp this evening! OH was it horrible for both boy & mom!! It stung him between the toes! Dumb wasp. At first we did not know what happened. We were getting him ready for bed when he walked towards our room it must have flown in when we had the door open today going in & out. We did not see it & neither did Dalton. He came screaming & hopping over to us & I thought he might have stepped on a pin or something. We finally got a look at his foot & saw the sting. It took awhile to calm him down & take care of the foot. His little foot turned red & his toe swelled up. So we fixed him up & let him stay up awhile to make sure he was not allergic. Now he is in bed sleeping it off. Poor baby! POOR MOMMY!! My first real trauma. We have had a busted lip but this was much worse. I need some sleep now too!

Fun Birthday Party!

Wow Dalton got to go to a fun birthday party yesterday. One of his playgroup buddies turned 2 yesterday. There was a petting zoo & pony rides. At first Dalton did not want to ride the pony but after awhile playing with the animals in the petting zoo he got comfortable. He actually rode the pony. He was so cute!! You know that has got to be scary for them being they are so little & the animal is so big. I can't wait to have his 2nd birthday party. Still in the planning stages!! Thinking jumping place or maybe even little gym where he used to go!

Swimming Lessons!!

***UPDATE***: Today the teacher said that he might move up in late September early October. She will let me know in mid September. WOW my little fish!! Dalton is doing great at swimming. He has been in since the first of July. We are going to keep him in until November then start him up after the first of the year. He was only in the first class 2 times then they moved him up. He will move up to the class where I will be outside when he turns 2. He is great at getting the rings off the bottom of the pool. He can even float on his back for a short time. He is a fish at heart. I think having a pool in the backyard helps too. We have had so much rain lately we have not swam in our pool in over a week! We are getting restless!! We have to get all we can in before it gets cool!

Fish Fry!!

We had a fish fry today. BOY was the fish good. Dalton liked it too. I was surprised because he does not want to eat much these days. Darrel had went fishing with some friends & they caught lots of fish. We had Flounder today. He fried it with some french fries & hush puppies. Grandma, Grandpa & Great Grandpa came over to enjoy the fish. Then we hopped in the pool to cool off. Hats off to Daddy for a great lunch!!

Down at the Boardwalk!!

Wow was it HOT at the Boardwalk!! It was about 100 degrees but felt like about 110 degrees! We took Dalton & his big sister Laura down for some fun by the water & rides. We rode the train & a couple of other rides. Dalton only liked the train. The other 2 rides were to much for him. He does not like the ones that moves around allot where he feels out of control. The train is like a car so he is OK with it. He loved the train. We ate at Joe's crab shack & went to the Aquarium. He loves the fish. Here are some pictures from our fun family day!

Fun Swim Day with Sisters!! - Updated with Pictures!

Boy does Dalton love his sisters. I know they love him. His big sister Laura came over to watch him while I had a luncheon to go to. His other big sis Dayna brought her over. They had a fun time playing in the pool. I will upload some pictures when Dayna sends them over to me. I have a funny story about his sister Laura when she put him down for a nap she put him in the crib with just a diaper on. (BIG MISTAKE) I came home shortly after he went down & had to get something out of his room & looked in the crib & AHHHHHHHHHH no diaper. He was fast asleep on his side butt naked!! Wish I could have gotten a picture of that but he is a light sleeper & he would have woke up. Well 2 hours later he got up & he was dry. Thank goodness for sister!!! She would have had a big mess to clean up. So now we leave bottoms over the diaper for sure!! He is learning new tricks everyday. He is taking swim lessons (or should I say we are taking lessons). He is doing great. They have him underwater alot. I get to be in the water with him. He is going 2 days a week. Monday's & Saturday's. Dad is going to take him from now on Saturday's. It is all men with their kids in the class. I am sure I cramped their style last Saturday when I was there. They throw rings in the bottom of the 3' section we use & they put them under to get one or more of the rings. Dalton has only had 4 classes & was able to pick up a ring on Saturday. He is such a quick study. Today after his nap I took off his shorts & let him run around with a diaper & shirt on in the house. Well I was doing something & he was playing in the living room (or his play room) & I came to check on him & his had taken off his diaper again!!! I can't leave him with just a diaper on anymore now. Daddy has been on a shutdown at work. He works a chemical company & they have been working until about 10pm everynight since last Tuesday. So we have been on our own. I have noticed that Dalton has become more clingy to me in the last week in a half since we have been on our own. We went last Friday & ate lunch with Daddy & Laura at Fuddruckers. Dalton (I mean Darrel) loves that place. HAHA Sorry I have been lacking in posting. But the little time I have had to myself I have to clean or other things I can't do when the little man is up!!

Happy July!!

Well what a fun summer so far. Dalton spent the night away from Mommy & Daddy for the first time on Thursday Night! I know I know everyone is saying WHAT! Just now spending the night away from home but the answer is yes. Mommy is a bit of a control FREAK!
Dalton had a great time at Grammy & Grampy's house. They went on a parade on July 4th morning in their neighborhood. There was a fire engine & police cars. They decorated his wagon & he was also in the parade. What a fun time he had. He was POOPED when he got home to us.
So he has a date to spend the night next weekend too!! YEA!
Grammy & Grampy are going out of town for a week so they need to get their Dalton fix before they go. They are going to Washington DC. Wish we were all going! Darrel has a shutdown he has to be on for two weeks. So this means it will be Mommy & Son time.
Daddy & Dalton are out shopping right now at the man places i.e. Home Depot & Academy! They love that stuff!!
Hope everyone is having a great summer. I hope to blog more often, I am not really good at it!!



4th of July Parade



Riding in the parade!

GOD BLESS AMERICA! WE SURE NEED IT!!

Busy Summertime!

Well it has been a great (HOT) summer so far this year. Dalton really loves the outdoors which did I mention is really hot! Our electric bill has almost doubled & I have not even changed the theromstate. We swim most everyday. We went yesterday to the library for toddler time! WOW there were about 40 kids there. Dalton had a great time. He loves other kids. We are going to the waterpark that is in one of our local neighborhoods with his playgroup that meets every Wednesday. He has known those kids for almost a year now. He loves playing with them all. There is one that is kind of a bully but Dalton is so sweet he just moves on each time that kid is mean. I think Dalton is going to be the strong silent type of a guy. I hope!! He is sooo sweet & I don't want that to change. I know it might but I am praying hard that it does not. Well I better dry my hair before the sweet guy gets up this morning. Yesterday he slept until 9am!!

Happy Father's Day!

These are my 4 favorite men: Darrel (Dalton's dad), Dalton, Ken (my dad) & Don (my grandfather)



I wanted to say to my dear husband "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY"! Dalton is very lucky to have such a great dad!! You two have such a great time together. He just gets so excited when you come home on your motorcycle! He can't get out the door fast enough to see you. You guys have fun with bathtime & playtime. You read to him everynight & he loves it. Thanks for being such a great dad to our sweet boy!! Love You very much!!!

The rest of the Slideshow!!

18 month pictures slideshow!

Long time no post!

Dalton with his cousin Keller! They had fun looking & feeding the cows.


Dalton feeding the cows!


Dalton feeding the cows take 2!



Wow I did not think it had been this long since I posted last! I guess I am not really good with the blogging thing. We are doing great. Dalton is wonderful. Now he is 19 months old AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! It is hard to believe. I got some great photos of him that were taken when I visited my neice last month.

I got the pictures back from the lady that took his 18 month pictures when we were at my neice's house. WOW she did a great job taking them!! I just love everyone of them & it is hard to choice my favorite.

I will post them in a slideshow because I can't chose which one to post. So be ready to sit down with a good snack for that post.

Nothing really exciting happening here in Texas! It is REALLLLLLYYYYYY HOT!!! Being in the pool is the only thing you really want to do outside. Dalton wants to be in the pool all the time!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful summer. Stay cool if you can.......

Happy Memorial Day!!

Happy Memorial day everyone! I know most people are off today celebrating our military men & women! I am so proud to live here in the US. You heard & read about other countries & I am glad to have the freedom that I have. Dalton & I had a great time with my neice & her family. Dalton had someone to play with. Keller did not much like Dalton touching his stuff. I guess that is because he is about 1 year older then Dalton so that makes a difference. Dalton did ok with the sleeping thing after the first night. A new place is hard for anyone to get used to sleeping at let alone a boy that had sleeping issues for awhile. But again my boy overcame the task & did great!! I will post some pictures of him feeding the cows that they have in their backyard. We live in a subdivision so cows in the backyard are really different. I think I could live out in the country though. I would have to know that their was town within about 20 mins. I don't grocery shop well enough to live far from the store. Hope everyone enjoys their day off with their family. We had barbaque yesterday with my parents & grandfather. They came over to our house & we ate then got into the pool. I feel so blessed with my life. I have a wonderful family, husband & most of all SON!!