I have been blessed

Michael and I went out for a date night Sunday to the rodeo. We got to see Randy Rogers, Martina McBride, and the KING...George Strait. Mom and Dad watched Jack and had a blast with him. (thank goodness he behaved and thank you parents :)

As I was sitting there next to my wonderful husband, I thought how lucky I was to have the friends and family that God has given me. Memories of being a little girl and listening to George in my grandparents car kept coming to mind. Of course it could still be lingering pregnancy hormones, but I wiped away my tears to this song. I get that from my Dad. 

Blessed by Martina McBride

I get kissed by the sun each morning
Put my feet on a hardwood floor
I get to hear my children laughing
Down the hall through the bedroom door
Sometimes I sit on my Front porch swing
Just soaking up the day
I think to myself,  I think to myself
This world is a beautiful place


I have been blessed
And I feel like I've found my way
I thank God for all I've been given
At the end of every day
I have been blessed
With so much more than I deserve
To be here with the ones that love me
To love them so much it hurts
I have been blessed


Across a crowded room
I know you know what I'm thinking
By the way I look at you
And when we're lying in the quiet
And no words have to be said
I think to myself, I think to myself
This love is a beautiful gift

Living it up!

JMP is really a handful. Literally he is getting to be SO big. He laughs so hard and we just can't get enough of it. You would think someone told him the greatest joke, but really it was probably Daddy making some weird noise that set him off. The teachers at his school say that he is pretty chatty. Wonder where he get's that from? They also say he laughs hysterically to himself all the time.

Look how happy we are when we are well rested!

He is so lively that it makes trying to put him to sleep rather hard. "Sleep training" is rather difficult. There is a reason they make millions of books about it. I think we are all desperate for a full nights sleep, including the dog. This is what it feels like when we just can't get enough rest. If our happy baby gets this cranky, imagine his momma on just as little of sleep :).

I know what you are thinking. What are they doing to that child to make him so upset? Match the captions to the photo:

"I'm not ready to sit up!!!!"

"Really, another picture?"

"Okay you are holding me but you are not feeding me. Wuddup with that?"

"Tummy time is for the birds."

We've already had to give him a haircut! He prefers a well trimmed comb over.

Alright you wanted the REALLY good stuff. We save the best for last. Enjoy Prince Jacque! (yes, they call him that at school...french accent and all. Maybe they are saying he is high maintenance.)

And We're Rolling...

Left a good job in the city
Workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

And Jack is ROLLIN'!

We've had some great time with family lately. Enjoy!

Some of it even entailed becoming a lil' cajun cowboy!