Mind Boggling.......

As I sit here looking online for stuff for B's birthday party I am getting more & more upset that everything out there seems to be geared towards girls!!  I know there are a ton of little girls out there.........crap I used to be one.........but there are also cute, adorable little boys that are being born everyday & it just seems like they are getting shafted left & right!!

You walk into a store & the girls section is huge & then you go over to the boys section & it is like 3-4 rows & that is it!  Don't people realize that little boys have mother's & we all used to be little girls & loves to have all that selection so why would you take our selection away just because we had a son & not a daughter???

If anyone has any good sites that have BOY birthday stuff on them please help.............

Weekend Review, Stairs, & Tubs

See this adorable little boy; he went from just playing on the bottom step ..............

to actually climbing to the top of them over the weekend!!!

Over the weekend we also said goodbye to the duck tub & hello to the big tub!  He loves being in the tub & I think he would really play in it for hours if I let him.  B still has a duck friend to play with I think likes him more than he like the old duck tub all together; he loves to pull himself up & raising the ducks hat & then sits back down & when I shut it he looks at me squeals & then stands back up to raise it again.  It is a fun game to play......until he gets mad at momma & splashes until I fix it.

I know I have said this before & I am sure that I will continue to say it BUT what has happened to my little baby boy??  As the days pass & his 1 year birthday approaches he becomes such an independent little pre-toddler that is trying to do everything including walk all by himself. I hate that he has taken so many tumbles trying to achieve his goal of walking but he takes them all in stride & hasn't given up on it yet!!! 

We also finally decided on his next car seat & Lance will be putting it in my car tonight.  There were so many to chose from & after reading review, after review, after review we settled on the Evenflo Symphony.  Which car seat did you choose?

3 Doors Down - Here by Me

Brayden & Lance I love you both very, very much & I have everything I have ever dreamed with you as my family!!

Lost on Thankful on a Thursday..........

I usually do a Thankful on Thursday post today but have had such a hard week I am finding it hard to gather my thoughts.  I am always grateful, happy & thankful for all the blessing in my life but this week I feel like I have really been tested & I might just be failing!

I am still sick & I am not one to go to the doctor unless I have a fever so I am waiting it out.

Lance & I are not communicating very well & I have been really down about that it.  I feel lost with out my best friend!

Work has been stressful & very tiring; I have been finding it hard to be happy about even going in.

I miss Brayden all day everyday & hate that feeling.

I feel like I am neglecting our pups & just don't feel like I have enough time in any given day for everything that needs to be done.

Today because of the economy my pay has been cut by 20%; I still have to work 5 days but I'll only get paid for 4 of them.  This means that I will no longer be able to take every other Friday off to spend with Brayden & I am in tears about it.  It is not my employers fault & I COMPLETELY understand why they are doing what they are doing but it is tough & I am sad & I just feel stretched very thin emotionally, physically, & mentally & need a time out!

Tomorrow is my last Friday off with Brayden & thankfully (see I am thankful) Lance is off this weekend too so I am hoping to have a ton of family time just Lance, B & I.

Brayden's 1st Birthday - The Invitation

I am sure that this is going to the 1st of many posts like this BUT we have his invite designed, printed & ready to stuffed into envelopes & sent out!!

  Do you want to see it??????

Karyn over at Pixel Perfect Boutique designed it & Lance & I couldn't have been happier with the way that it turned out!! Mrs. F. used her for her daughters  1st invite design & I loved the way that it looked.  When I contacted Karyn I told her what Lance & I wanted & when we received the 1st proof I felt like she saw what was in my head & put it to paper/computer perfectly (honestly we only had 2 changes & one was the note at the bottom that I forgot to tell her about in the beginning)!!  I would recommend her to any & all of you if you are in need of any custom paper designed products or for any event you might have in the near future.  She has also designed matching address labels to go on the invites; it is so weird to see an address label with Brayden's name on it but they are PERFECT!!!

Now that the invite is finished I feel like I can move on with planning the rest of the party & that is very exciting but a little sad too.  My baby boy is going to officially be a toddler soon; just typing that out brings tears to my eyes!!!

Wordless Wednesday......

(I wish this one came out better)

I ordered Brayden's Jon Jon from a wonderful shop on Etsy; check out MamaDSews when you get a second. 

Weekend Review.......

OK so let me start by saying I REGRET saying that Brayden is sleeping through the night because of course he didn't last night.........I am not sure what was going on but he was up a AWAKE at 1:30am.  He finally went back to sleep after crying & playing in his crib but it was a long few hours for Lance & I!!

We had a wonderful weekend & really didn't do much of anything at all which was nice!  Friday night Lance & I just relaxed at home after B was down for the night.  Before B went down I did manage to get his new bedding on & am now on the search for matching curtain panels!!  I wasn't feeling up to much else though since I felt a cold coming on.  This is the set we picked out for our little boy!!

Saturday I was supposed to help my girlfriend with her wedding invites but didn't want her to catch whatever it is I have going on so we rescheduled & I just spent the day with B, his JuJu & PaPa & then later that night when Lance got home with Taco Bell (always makes me feel better when I am sick) & I was asleep not to long after I ate.

Then I woke up on Sunday with no voice & really don't know what happened; I have no fever & really don't feel too bad but I sound horrible.  I was walking around singing "Smelly Cat" in my head all day because I felt like I sounded like Phoebe did when she got sick on Friend's!!  We had family photos with Lance's Dad's side of the family & here are a few.........

All the grand kids

All the men in the family

The Goodson's

The Goodson's w/Brayden paying attention

Brayden Lance Goodson

Our Family

I guess the photos turned out alright; I love the ones of Brayden but I am just not liking the ones with me in them at all........as usual!  After pictures we all went to dinner & Brayden actually at a kids spaghetti from the restaurant.  I didn't bring dinner for him because it wasn't going to be time for him to eat but he was HUNGRY & he had eaten pasta that we had made at home so we tried it there & he LOVED it!!  It is nice to know that he can eat something off a menu when we are out & about now.

I am tired today after B not sleeping & still have my raspy voice & throat thingy going on & would love to go home but can't so I am praying this day flies by & I am heading to pick up B in no time at all!!

10 Months Old............Already

I can not believe that Brayden is already 10 months old; well he was on on June 3rd.  We are currently planning his first birthday party & it is so much fun but where did our baby go?  Brayden now crawls, walks (with some assistance), talks......"Dada" & "bye, bye", prefers to feed himself, pulls up on everything & is drinking Vitamin D milk & no longer on formula (more on that in another post); & first & foremost he is STTN..............I am sure that I am going to regret saying that but he is!!!

We took him out to dinner to celebrate his 10 month birthday!!!

Brayden,

Your dad & I love you so much & we just can't get over how fast you are growing.  You are such a good & unbelievably happy little boy!  You smile all day, everyday & are the biggest joy & blessing in our lives.  Your sisters (our pups) love you so much & don't even care that you pull at their joules, they love to kiss on you & follow you around everywhere you go.  You at the light of our lives & will never know how much we love you!!!

Hello Weekend........

I am so happy that it is Friday & that I get to spend the next 2 days with my little man!!  Lance gets off work at 5 tonight so we will get a nice family night but then tomorrow it will just be B & I & I am so excited about that!!  Sunday we have family photos & I am kind of excited about the photos but not really because I have just started to get a cold of some sort (caught it from B) & just hope that both he & I are feeling & looking good for the photos.  I already hate photos of myself so sick photos would really suck!!

Oh yeah & I don't know if I had mentioned the fact that we are redoing B's nursery & we just bought his new bedding last night & I washed it in B's wonderful Dreft detergent (I love the smell of that stuff) so we will start getting his room re-do tonight!!  It won't be completed for a while but I will post pictures if anyone wants to see them.  We have actually set an August 7th date to have our house completely decorated & finished since that is his 1st birthday & there will be a FEW (note my sarcasm) people there!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend..........

Thankful on a Thursday.......

I write this with a heavy heart, a clouded brain & tears in my eyes.  I snapped at Brayden yesterday morning.....I told him to "stop" really loudly & you know what he did??  He tilted his perfect little head/face, looked me in the eyes & smiled!!  He is such a sweet & good little boy & I snapped at him because I was having a bad morning...........what is wrong with me??  Will he remember me doing it??  If he does will he forgive me??

As I drove into work crying & conversing with God I asked for forgiveness & help to control my frustration; I mean how could I snap at my 10 month old (as of today) child??  I prayed for Brayden to have a good day & for him to still love me when I picked him up from school. I prayed that he would always know that I love him & I think my prayers were answered because when I walked into his school he saw me he started laughing & reached for me & as I picked him up he gave me the biggest hug ever!!

I am thankful for:

44.  the unconditional love I receive from my son daily; he truly is a perfect gift from God

45. our newly decorated kitchen table....

46.  my daily converstaion/prayers with God

47.  the s'more recipe shared by Lauren @ laurensblog.greenfamily - you should really try them & SOON!

48.  spending a day at home with Brayden & never getting out of my pajamas

49.  Naked Baby Skin

 

50.  Sophie; I swear he is going to have a mouth full of teeth in a week or less!!

What are you thankful for??

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Teeth........

I finally got a picture of Mr. Wiggle Worms top teeth!!!

Imagination Movers

See the corny guys in the video below???

Now, see my son below??

He is obsessed with this show!!  We have the TV on in the morning for background noise & we started to notice that every time their opening song would come on he would stop whatever he was doing, look over at the TV or now that he can crawl he gets as close as possible & STARES at it for the entire 30 minutes.  I don't get the whole show but whatever makes this little boy happy & even stop crying & fussing (if he is doing either) is alright with Lance & I!!!

Post It Note Tuesday........

Weekend Review........

My weekend actually started on Friday so I had 4 nice long days away & they were wonderful & crazy!!  I have to start by saying B cut 3.....that's right 3 top teeth last week so when they ALL finally broke through we all got some much needed sleep Thursday night!!

Friday

Took B to school for a few hours (6:30am - 10:30am) so that I could give the house a much needed cleaning & Lance could get some of the new window treatments hung; this house is bigger than our last & I needed a few more hours but we left picked up B & went to lunch with JuJu & PaPa anyway.  It is crazy that they say how much he has changed each time they see him; I know that I am with him everyday & see changes so I can't imagine what they see each time they look at him.  After lunch Lance, B & I ran some errands & then were were home for the night!

Saturday

Lance had to work (booooo) so my girlfriend came over in the afternoon so that we could work on her wedding invites; I can't wait for her wedding on September 10th.  Their wedding date is their 5 year anniversary & I think that is the neatest thing!!  That night we had our friends Megs & Justin over for dinner & I don't want to toot my own horn but I made the best salmon I have ever made in my life & it was a very simple recipe.

4 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/3 cup bourbon

4 6oz. salmon fillets

melt the butter & add the brown sugar; bring to a simmer boil

add the salmon fillets skin up & cook for 5 minutes

flip salmon fillets

add the bourbon AROUND the salmon & cook until the salmon is flaky

We served it with salad, steamed broccoli, & twice baked potatoes & it was DELICIOUS!!!

Sunday

JuJu watched Brayden while we attempted the lake again but again we had boat issues; this time though we decided to have someone on the lake look at the boat & after $100 an hour they found nothing wrong so our boat that has an engine on it that has less than 10.5 hours on it has to be brought back to where we purchased it & they will fix it our replace it for sure!!!! We made the best of the day & actually even had a good time where we were while the guy was working on the boat!!

Monday

I have spend the day with Brayden while Lance worked & I had a wonderful time being home with him....just the 2 of us but he had on heck of a rough day!  I can't believe it but I think the is getting another tooth in so he was in a good mood all day just kind of fussy here & there.  He wanted me to hold him but then he would push away from me, he wanted to crawl but then he would put his head down on the carpet, he loves to crawl on the hardwoods but today his hand slipped out from under him & he hit his little chubby cheek on the floor & lost it; he wanted to eat but would fuss the whole time............it was so sad that my little man had a bad day but I enjoyed all the love I got from him & got to give him!!!!  B & I actually haven't had a day to ourselves in quite a while & it was really nice to just devote all my time & energy to my little man........I am really going to hate going back to work tomorrow!!