Weekends

There will be an upcoming post about this weekend...I am trying to upload pictures, but it is not currently letting me...hmm...

So I thought I would let you know that I am working on it. Haha.

Air Force Week

This week was Air Force week, and it is ending by having a big airshow out at Hill Airforce Base. We were lucky enough to have the Thunderbirds come in and do a show. Now, the what I know about the Thunderbirds, is that they only travel to 3 airshows every year. And every OTHER year, they come to HAFB. Which I think is pretty cool. So anyway..
My mom and dad were Emergency Service Volunteers out there today, and they had a special pre-show yesterday for family of those volunteering, and also veterans, disabled, etc. So we were able to go out yesterday and watch thim perform. That was pretty cool. Bubba didn't care for them that much. He got a little excited when he finally noticed the planes, but the noise and such didn't bother him. Thank heavens! So I was able to take some pictures. Here are a couple for your enjoyment!

They were seriously SO fun to watch! And I am hoping that I might be able to watch a little bit of their show tomorrow. YAY!! Enjoy.

Friday Night Confessions

Time for confessions again. Aren't we all excited? Just say yes, and no harm will come...

• I was reminded today of a childhood dream I had. I always wanted to be a pilot. And not just any pilot, I wanted to fly fighter jets. F16's and all that jazz. Now that I know I won't be a fighter pilot, I can hope to fly as a passenger in one one day. We watched the Thunderbirds in their practice run today before the big air show over the next couple of days. WOW. I loved it.
• I don't know where I want to go with my life. I am doing what I want to do, which is being a mother. But I don't know where my life is going. And it scares me.
• I really really really like eating at Cafe Rio. They are at the top of my list along with Olive Garden. Their sweet pork salad is to DIE for! And I have seriously died a million times to get one! Ok, maybe not a million, but at least a thousand. Yeah, ok, so I haven't died yet, but it's the thought that counts...
• I have been running a few times over the last few weeks, and when I don't go running at night, I miss it. I actually really enjoy running, it clears my head, and makes my body feel great.
• I have had 2 miscarriages before we turned to adopting our little one. This was amongst 5 failed Artificial Inseminations, and 3 In Vitro Fertilizations, and many many MANY months of fertility drugs. Most people will think that that is not a lot, and that I shouldn't complain about it, because there are many people out there who have had more than that. But it still hurts. I hate it. I still have days where I cry over it. They are fewer and far between, but they are still there.

And I think I will end with those... I am anxious to let my head meet my pillow. It's been missing it..

Haircuts and other things...

Today we gave Bubba his second hair cut. His hair was getting fairly long, and when it was wet, it looked like he had a mullet. Haha. Seriously. So we cut it again, and now he looks like a little boy again. Growing way to fast out of this "baby" stage. I have a toddler, and I don't think it will sink in until he is almost a teenager. But I went out and took some pictures of my sisters the other day, and we of course took Bubba along. So here he is!
This is his blowing kisses. He doesn't use his hand all the time, and will just give out kisses. SO cute!!

Here he is actually LOOKING at my camera! I am going to try and edit this one..I LOVE it.

Same with this one. He is looking at me like "seriously mom...what's the point?"

And this is him smelling the flowers. He smells flowers all the time! We had a vase with a rose in it, and he was constantly taking it off of the table, sitting down on the floor with it, just so he could smell it. SO blasted cute.

So that is more of what we have been up to. Sound exciting? Ooohhh Yeeeeaaaaahhhh. Enjoy!

Summertime

I absolutely LOVE Summer! I love shorts, flip flops, ice cream, fireworks, BBQ's, picnics, parks, and swimming! We pulled out the little kiddie pool yesterday and filled it up. We had DK and Tabitha come over for some fun! Bubbe LOVED the water! I stuck him in and he would just stand in it, but splash, and play in it. He would try to get out every now and then, but then get right back in. I am glad that I have a water baby!! He loves the water and was soaked within a couple of minutes!! (No thanks to Uncle Curtis...)


He always tries to get my camera when I take his picture now. Silly boy!

Here he is getting out of the pool for a minute.

Splashing around.

But we had a lot of fun and will probably be pulling it out more often!

Reunions

Yesterday I had the wonderful oppertunity to spend it with friends. I have had these friends since Junior High School, so for over 10 years now! Wow! And even though we don't get together all that often (like twice in 2 years. Haha) I still consider them some of my closest friends. We didn't get a lot of group like pictures taken, but I got some pictures of the kids. They were so fun! Bubba is not used to sharing toys, so it's interesting to see him and how he reacts with with kids. Usually he does ok, but when he has to share, he will usually throw a little fit, because he gets frusterated. Poor kid. Hopefully it is something that we will pass!

Here is all of us together. Last time we had a picture taken like this, we had 1 kid in it! Now we have 4!! So from left to right: Bubba (14 months), Me, Josh, Hadley (14 months), Elise, Adelyn (3 years), Michelle, and Nathan (10 months).

Here is Bubba. He looks concerned...

Michelle is getting "worked on" by all the kids. Haha

Adelyn She didn't want her picture taken..so I snuck one.

Here is Nathan, SOOO cute! Seriously one of the happiest babies I have ever seen!

And look at his BLUE eyes!! They were to DIE for!

Hadley. He had gorgeous blue eyes as well! And can you believe he is the same age as Bubba?! Seriously, they were born on the EXACT same day. He is SO adorable!

The colors aren't coming through on Blogger in these. They are brighter on my computer!

Thank you again Elise for letting us come to your house and play! Thank you Michelle for the ride out, and for being a listening ear. You are amazing. And Thank you Josh for putting up with all of us gals! We need to do this more often!

Hogle Zoo

So last week we went to Hogle Zoo. We went with Tanielle, Tabitha and our cute nephew DK. We had SOOO much fun! We haven't been to the zoo for a while, so it was a lot of fun to go, and even funner to go with family!! Here are some pictures.
Here we are at the Elephant Exhibit. Bubba is getting tired..he is starting to whine in this picture.

Here is Sam with Bubba. They are giving the bird $1. The bird took it out of Bubba's hand. He kept dropping the dollar bill so he could try and grab the bird. Silly boy!

Here is Tabitha and DK on the train!

And here are the 3 of us on the train. Bubba didn't want to look at the camera.

Aunt Tanielle and DK!

Here we are just setting out. Trying to make sure everyone is buckled and ready to go!

At the bird show. Bubba noticed everyone else clapping, and would start clapping and laughing. Haha.

So there we are. We had a lot of fun, and hope to go back! We loved seeing the animals, although they were sleeping alot! Oh well. We will go back again! Thank you Tanielle and Tabitha for coming with us!