You're nuttier than a fruit cake!!

There's no denyin' it now, cold weather is here! Yikes!  I love it though, fall is my favorite, it's beautiful!  Thanksgiving is the bomb dig, and Christmas is right around the corner.  Speaking of, I'm stoked for Christmas this year, I think it's really awesome this year for Jamison.  I have a couple of new family traditions to start with him this year! We got our "Elfie" who will report back to santa each night and i'm in the process of whipping him up a Santa sack that he can leave out on Christmas eve for Santa to put all his presents in.  Of course he'll still have gifts to unwrap from Mom and Dad!  The tree is going up on Friday, pretty sure that's the earliest it's EVER gone up! 
  Last weekend we visited my Dad, I was hoping to get some cute pictures of Jamison, maybe, just maybe we might get a "Christmas Card worthy shot".  Such was not the case...BALLS.


Yay for figuring out the Manual settings on my Camera....hey it only took 5 months!



That baby look is fading.....

Papaw's been busy choppin some wood!

Again Papaw...'gin!

Halloween was a blast this year...Lump started off shy, but by the end of the night he was a trick-or-treatin' fool!  He was absolutely adoreable in his Skunk costume!  He was the cutest kid in the neighboorhood, and every person told us that, not like I really needed them to, I already knew it!!

I can't figure out how to flip this pic...Lil' stinker!

And finally....my projects from the past week.....I really should start blogging more!



The turkey shirt now has matching pants....the pants are made from an old skirt of mine.

ELMO!!!  He's made just like the turkey, and he was a huge it was Jamison!

That's the coolest handprint turkey I've ever seen!

Work today was suckysucky to say the least!  When I got home I figured making this awesome shirt for my boy would help me forget the fact that I wanna puke when I think about it (may be an overexaggeration...)!  Speaking of Jamison, he's having a total meltdown as I type this b/c apparently the typing noises are distracting him from Toy Story.  "AHHH, UGGGG, ARRRG, MOMMY STOP IT PUSHING BUTTONS, GAAAAHHH!!!" He'll get over it, these little dramatic tantrums are becoming a daily routine, it's safe to say the terrible twos are here in full force!
 I made this sweet shirt for about 7 bucks, SCORE, toot toot, that's my own horn!  I'm cheap thrifty, I love when I can do stuff cheap!  Yay for Wally world and they're plain tshirts that are just begging for me to spruce them up!  I also discovered "heat-n-bond" which for the moment is my new favorite!  I'll post a link at the bottom to where I found how to make this if you wanna check it out.

PuMpKiNs

Jimmy and I have been together for 7 Halloweens now, and we'd NEVER carved pumpkins together; that needed to change!  Some quality family time was long overdue so we decided to stay home and carve pumpkins together.  We're not the most patient people so by the end we were over it, but they turned out pretty cute!  Suprisingly, Jamison didnt want any part of it, he wouldn't help clean the "goop" out, he didnt want to help carve, he did however want to eat the pumpkin.  Yeah, I said eat, he would take the chunks we carved out and eat it...he's weird, he get's it from his Dad!!!  Here's our final products, Our little pumpkin family! Yes, I'm aware there are 4 pumpkins, and only 3 of us.  And, NO, this is not a clever way of letting you know a baby is on the way, it just means Jamison is spoiled rotten and he got 2 pumpkins!!

This was mine!  If you look close you can see the toothpick holding his forehead on; my wild child couldn't resist from bashing the vampire's head in!!



Jimmy's Pumpkin

Tshrits Take: 1

You can set yourself to be sick, or you can choose to stay well.
       - Wayne Dyer

'Tis the season, of pink ribbons!  Both my Momma and my Mamaw have had breast cancer,  they're both doing exceptionally great now; Praise the Lord!  Well, I went to the Dr. today, just for a check up and after reviewing my family medical history, she informed me that if I would like, she could set me up with genetic counciling....what to do, what to do? Do I really wanna know? Quite frankly there isn't much left in this world that doesn't "cause cancer", no matter what precations I take, maybe i'm just destined, maybe I have "bad genes".   It's a scary thought.  I dont know what i'll do, I think I like being oblivious, not knowing, living my happy little life, in my quaint little bubble. 

We were contemplating doing the walk in Cincy, but we'll be out of town visiting family(WOOOO HOOO).  Regardless, Shizzy and I hit up the HobLob and made us all some t-shirts!  First let me say, we had these visions in our heads, I mean we were seeing some kick ass homemade shirts, lets just say they're less than perfect!  Hell, we never claimed to be perfect, but we sure did have fun making them, lots of laughs!!!  Out of all of them Mamaw's and Jamison's are my favorites!!



Mamaw





Shizzy



Jamison

Mine

Momma

It got chilly, and he needed a hat!

I'm soooo excited Fall is finally here, it's absolutely my favorite time of the year! Jeans and hoodie weather is the BEST!  There's nothing better than pumpkin patches, and hayrides with my boys, and if i'm feeling froggy, I might even brave a haunted house!!  We've already pick out Jamison's Halloween costume, but you'll have to wait to see it, it's pretty precious, but in all honesty, Jamison is pretty precious, which would make any costume he put on... precious!  Jimmy was snooping around in our junk drawers and found a gift card to Lowe's so we went and got this really cute new rug for the living room...



Yeah, I kno, I need to vacuum!

Moving on....my newest project was to make a hat for Jamison! I love projects, they keep me sane!  I saw where some one took an old sweater and made it into a beanie cap!  I rummaged through some old clothes and found a sweater Jimmy wouldn't be wearing anytime soon...or, ugh, ever again! He's my little man in his new hat!

He Crashed!!

Momma's of boys can be crafty too!

So, i've been reading this blog lately, you should check her out, she does some really cute stuff! While I was in JoAnn's Fabric... killing time (after i'd already been off work for an hour) waiting for my wonderful husband ;-) another story, for another day! I spotted this really cute pumpkin in their $bin!  I got the pumpkin and a black tee, and added some of her embroidery floss idea and at last a cute shirt for Jamison!

this is what we started with...

=)

Here's a close up! I think it's super cute and makes it boyish and fun!

Buzz and Woody take the cake!!

So, my boy turned 2 today!  He's turning out to be such a little ham!! His Toy Story Birthday was quite a success!! We had a get together at our house, and invited family and friends, about 35 people.  We served pizza from "Pizza Planet" (aka Cicis =)), salad, and chips.  Gamaw made him his cake, and she did a really great job!  The weather was perfect, honestly we couldn't have asked for a better day! Jamison got some really neat toys! He was so fun to watch open his gifts, that boy is dramatic! He was shreeking, and jumping; each present was even more exciting than the next!!  When we all sang "Happy Birthday" to him, he got a little embarassed and was yelling "STOP"! Ha!!  Here are some pictures of my big boys special day!

Cake was super cute, and delicious too!

That boy made out like a bandit!!

The awesome sign they made for us at Accu-Tex Signs!!
(thanx, Gammaw)

"Barrel of Monkeys"
We made these out of cardboard and spray painted them red.
They were so cute, unfortunately, the picture does them no justice.

Takin' a ride in his new wagon from his pawpaw. 
He got that "Wu-ie" (aka: woody) hat today too!

Love my Family!!!

Good As...Better Than New!!

So here's the fridge! I like it, Jamison likes it, Jimmy hates it.  He informed me today that this was, "one of those projects you talk about, but aren't really ever supposed to do".  Huh, he should know me by now, when I get a wild hair, 9 times out of 10 I follow through with it.  Anyway, I got the idea from here http://www.thekitchn.com/. My take on it is, it's different, I like different, and we'll probably need a new fridge in another year or two so it's all good!

Baby no more!!

I dont have a baby anymore....hummm...that's so hard for me to grasp! Jamison is such a big boy now!  He's gonna be two in just a few weeks!  This really is bittersweet, as he transitions into boyhood, he's doing awesome, and he really never siezes to amaze me! He's so flipping smart! I know, maybe i'm a little bit biased!!!  We headed down to Devou Park to attempt a 2 year photo shoot on our own.  Even though Jamison was super crabby, and acted like a total heathen, I think we got some good shots!

Innocent!

 

Mommy's Favorite =)

Finally a smile!!!

By this point...he was over it!

lollipop=lifesaver

Sand and Salt!

Thursday was a lazy day....we didn't decide we what we wanted to do until 3pm!!  One of our favorite summer spots is at East Fork Lake State Park over in Ohio.  It's an awesome alternative in our landlocked Kentucky!! Jamsion loves playing in the sand, and Jim and I find it very relaxing! Well, of course being the good Mommy I am, I pack Jamison a plethora of toys to play with!!! Well, kids are rude...just plain rude.  Two children, from two different families decided it was okay to just come take their pick from what Jamison had.  Are you kidding me?  I had the urge to get up and cause a scene, but nah, I didnt, the shovel, and little plastic sand toy werent' really worth it.  But honestly, if you saw your kid playing with a toy you knew you didn't bring for him wouldn't you question where he got it?  Ignorant parents!  O well, other than that, and the huge swarm of nasty seagulls, we really had an enjoyable few hours at the "beach"!

Sittin on Sponge Bob, eatin' some jerky! lol He gets that honestly!

Disgusting creatures! If you know me, you know how I feel about birds!

That evening, we headed over to the Drive-In, the two movies showing were, "Salt", and "The Other Guys".  I liked both!  This was the first time I'd been in a few years, I love the nostalgic feel, and the fact that we can see two movies for less than one costs in Florence!  Jamison got a bit cranky, but thank God for the tv and dvd player in the car!! We turned on a Disney movie for him and he was satisfied!!  We brought chairs to sit outside the van and watch, only one problem, BATS, lots of BATS.  I cant handle it!  Needless to stay I landed in the back of the van before the first movie ended!!!

Checking out the "Bi Teeeete" aka, Big TV! He's silly!

I felt like a tourist!!!

In all actuality, Cincinnati is a pretty cool town! Growing up my silly momma always made it seem like anything across the river was foreign territory!  The plus side to this is there are countless things for the three of us to do!  For this entire week we have forfeited alarm clocks, and well...it's heavenly!  We started out at Khron's Conservatory in Eden Park...beautiful, and totally free!!! I like free!!!! Only downside...it was blazing, especially in that cactus room, go figure!!!

He wont look at the camera for nothin'!

He was mesmerized!!

Cacti....;-p

I like these!

It was so pretty here!

Those leaves were huge, like bigger than us huge!!

After the conservatory we headed over to Carew tower, the tallest building in Cincinnati (maybe! That's up for debate right now, although I really could care less!)  We tripsed all over that tower place mall, in and out of hotels, ritzy hotels, not like the holiday inns we're accustomed too! It was pretty funny b/c people were so friendly, and held open doors, and went out of their way for us becuase they thought we were staying at the hotel!  Finally we found the elevator that would take us up 49 floors to the observation deck!!! This was seriously worth the $2.00 they charged us!  Here are some shots we got....

Daddy and Jamison!

He kept going to this and saying "ride"! I'm not sure what he thought it was gonna do!

Suspension Bridge!

Me and the bayba Lump!

Union Terminal, I can't help but think of Girl Scouts everytime I see this, and the 8 Hellacious hours we spent here waiting for a train to take us to Washinton D.C....Good Times, Good Times!!!

Toddler vs. Python!

So today was the first day of our seven day vacation from work! Coney Island was offering all the rides you can ride for $5.95...okay, SOLD!  We had such a great time, haven't been to Coney in awhile so we figured why not!  Jamison was a total beast! That boy conqured more rides than most older kiddos.  We started with some kiddie rides, and by the end of the day he was riding the biggest rides in the park, the roller coaster, the 4 story drop, the pirate ship, etc etc!  The biggest reaction I got out of him when he got scared was..."Whoa!"  His favorite ride of the day was the giant yellow fun slide, I didnt get any pictures on this one because he INSISTED we all race each time!!!!

This is what we started on...

Here's Jamison taking on the Python!
If you look really hard, you can see Jamison in the left seat!

Not the best shot, but a family picture nonetheless!!!