Baseball Shirts and Mama's Tennis Shoes...

I'm pretty sure by now the whole world knows that there are three things Grandon is pretty much in love with (besides his mama, Dada, meme, Oma, papa, and uncle David, but mama is his favorite): #1. Thomas the Choo-Choo Train #2. Airplanes and more Airplanes and #3. Baseball, Baseball, and some more Baseball. So since Clayton and I played on a co-ed Softball team this past summer, we had team shirts, that had what else, but a baseball on it. My shirt became Grandon's best friend, he took naps with, he slept in it, he loved to wear it around the house, but there was just one thing missing. You can't wear a baseball shirt 10 sizes to big, and not wear the tennis shoes that are 10 sizes to big also, and not to mention HOT pink!!! So since I've finally been able to pry the shirt off and away from Grandon it's now hidden so he can't spend every waking moment of his life with it, I know I know I'm a mean mom to take away something as silly as a shirt, but let me tell ya, I just couldn't hear one more sentence about that freaking shirt, and who do I have to thank for that CLAYTON who first put the shirt on Grandon, Thanks Clayton!

I may be little but I can read!!!

So a couple of nights ago, we were just hanging out as a family, and our cute little girl decides that she is old enough to read, and grabs Grandon's book and climbs up on my lap, and starts to read to us, but being the little diva she is she also thought that she needed to take pictures of herself while she's reading. Then the next day after we got back from church she decides she wants to read again, so she climbs up on the chair with her book, and starts reading it in her own little Madison language, and Clayton thought it was great, and took some pictures of her doing it. We thought it was so cute we wanted to share it with everyone, and if you look real close, you'll also see that she is very talented, because she can even read her books up side down.

Batter Up!!!

OK, So Clayton took this video of Grandon, and he is SOOO proud of it. He thinks everyone should look at it, and then call him and tell him how much they love it. Clayton is very proud of himself on teaching Grandon how to play baseball, and he is very proud of Grandon, for learning and picking it up so fast. He works with him every night, and they have so much fun together. Grandon is truly a sports boy, and if Clayton gets his way, Grandon will be playing every sport from Football to Golf. I love watching the two of them bond together, so get a few laughs, because it really is a cute video, and share it with everyone you know, and make sure to give Clayton some kudos not that his ego needs the boost or anything.

We Support McCain!!!

This video from you tube was sent to me, and it really touched me, but it also explains one of the many reasons why Clayton and I have chosen to support McCain and Palin. It's about 2 minutes long, it's worth watching.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8

Bugs and Creatures of the Night

So what an eventful night we've had tonight. The evening started out normal, we were in the front yard hanging out playing with the kids before dinner, Clayton and Grandon were playing baseball in the front yard, when Clayton hit the ball in the tree, and Grandon went running after it, luckily Clayton was paying attention, and saw something fall from one branch to the lower branch, and ran after Grandon, when he got to Grandon, he was standing underneath what we just realized was a wasp nest, the size of a birds nest, we all went inside, and ate dinner, put the kids to bed, and then were like OK we have to deal with the wasp nest. So Clayton goes outside with my hairspray, and a bucket of soapy water to kill them. Soon Clayton realizes that this isn't just a 20 or so wasp nest, no it's more like 300 wasp, but the good sport he is kills most of them, and comes out with only two stings, but 4 of them followed him into the garage, so I suggest get the fly swatter and kill them that way, so that's what he does, after he's killed the four that followed him, he walks out of the garage to make sure there weren't anymore coming after him, and that's when he stops dead in his tracks, because instead of wasp being there, he is greeted by none other than... a diamondback rattlesnake....
I am terrified by snakes, I couldn't believe that this was happening to us, so now Clayton's mission goes from wasp killer to snake killer, so how does Clayton manage to kill this horrific creature??? He takes one of my boxes of tile and throws it on top of the snake, which you would think that would do the trick and kill it right? WRONG!!! It pokes it's ugly little head out from underneath the tile, so now my creative husband, grabs the shelve, and decapitates it's head off, and mind you Clayton thinks this is way cool, and that we need photographs throughout the whole experience, so I was only so kind to include them so you can all witness what I had to, mind you my heart was racing, I'm pretty sure I had a mild heartache or stroke, and was about to start hysterically crying. Snakes are differently one creature that GOD could have done without.
So needless to say our perfectly normal evening turned out to be one full of adventures that I would have been just fine with out going through. Oh not to mention that he went to check on the bucket of soapy water, because that's where the wasp nest is in, and what happens he gets stung again! My poor husband, thanks for being so brave, and protecting your family from the bugs and creatures of the night that want to attack us!!!!

Madison is FINALLY walking!!!

So if you haven't figured it out yet by the title of the headline, MADISON IS FINALLY WALKING!!! You don't understand how long we've waited for this, I honestly was beginning to believe that she was never going to do it, but then our monkey did it, her aunt Kim got her to walk yesterday, and she is doing GREAT we are so proud of her. I've added a video of her walking so everyone, can see how cute and how good she is doing. So here is our little shout out to monkey, Go Monkey, Go...Good Job!!! Make sure you have you volume up!

Clayton's Vacation Weekend!!!

OK, So since Clayton was gone for a week in California his work gave him two comp days, to make up for the time he spent away from us! So the kids and I wanted to show him a good time while he was off, because he is such a hard worker, and does it for us.

So this past Friday we went on base to the splash pad and playground and played for awhile, then we went to the mall to get Grandon his Cookie Monster shoes which he just LOVES!!! And in the mist of it all Madison decided to unroll the toilet paper, and play with my tampons, she is learning at such a young age...

Then on Saturday we all (my mom and my brother's kids met us there) headed to New Braunfels and went to the Children's Museum, which we just loved that place, it was AWESOME, the kids had such a great time, and there are so many kid friendly things for the kids to do, and it's great to watch them interact with everything, they even have dance Revelation, which of course Clayton and I had to try out, and I kick butt on it, it's SO much fun.

Then Sunday we had a day of much needed rest, we went to church, and then off to my parent's house for Bar0B-Que (Clayton's favorite food of all time) and a NOT so friendly game of Catan!!!

Then Monday rolled around, and we had won free tickets to Natural Bridge Caverns, I haven't been there since I was like 10, and Clayton and the kids have never been there, so it was really neat and we had a great time, the kids even loved it! Afterwards we went to lunch, and we all came home and crashed before we had to go watch Clayton play his last game of Softball, which we won yea!!! GO HFI!!!

So all in all we had a great fun filled weekend, that has taken us almost a whole week to recover from. Isn't it funny, how you have a vacation, and you end up more tired from your vacation then you do from just everyday normal life, but I guess that's just cause you are on the go all the time, but whatever the reason for it, we had a great time, and I think we did a good job showing daddy how much we love him, and appreciate him for all the hard work that he does for his family. So here is our shout out to daddy...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Utah Trip

We went to Utah to visit Clayton's parent's and his son Sam. We did so many fun things while we up there, but we were very ready to get back to Texas, and back to normal life again. Nothing is better than home. We had a great time, and we got to hang out and play games with Clayton's brother David and His wife Heidi. We had a blast! We also got to meet our new nephew James, he was the cutest thing! And Benji was awesome I love him to death!

Happy 1st Birthday Madison!!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Madison, Happy Birthday to you!
So today is Madison's very 1st birthday, I can't believe it where has the time gone? This past year seems like it has just flown by, it was a sad but yet happy day for me, I'll never have a one year old again, and Madison is getting so big so fast, she is just growing like a weed!

She is getting taller and taller by the months and she is the one I'm going to have to watch out for, she is very good at getting into trouble quietly, her little mind is always thinking of the next devious thing to do, but that's OK we take it as she tries to give it to us.

My Princess Buttercup is so cute and such a daddy's girl, I personally think that every dad needs at least one little girl.
We had her birthday party yesterday, it was a pool party at my parent's house, and it was a lot of fun, it was a late evening though, so I'm very tired and worn out. I'm pretty sure my bed is calling me so I'm going to go answer it.

Talking to my Uncle Dan Dan about this cake that he put my hand into!

Uncle Dan Dan feeding me yummy Ice Cream!

My Oma and Me:)

Long days and even longer sleepless nights!

OK, so it's been a few weeks since I've wrote anything on here.

Two days ago which I guess would be this past Monday, Grandon fell off a kids shopping cart at the store, and hit the back of his head, he hit it pretty hard too. I would have to say this is for sure the hardest he's ever hit his head, and of course like any two year old would do he screamed his head off, so I quickly checked out and left to go home. Once in the car which was roughly 20 minutes after the fact, we couldn't keep him awake I was trying my best to keep my cool and not go into panic mode, but he wouldn't respond to me for about 1-2 minutes.

Then an airplane flew by and he was like air pane air pane, so I felt better. Got home gave him some Tylenol, and let him take a nap, by this time about 45 minutes had past. He was down for around 30 minutes, and I went to check on him, he was just laying there staring at me, his eyes were glassy and he looked confused on where he was at. I got Clayton, and told him something isn't right I'm calling the doctor, who then told me he needed a CAT scan on his head, and to take him to the ER, so I speed to the ER and on they way there he kept going limp and trying to sleep, so I had to play games with him to keep him awake, so after many hours in the ER we find out that he had most likely a mild concession, so we've had to monitor him for the last 24 hours and make sure he was OK.

We didn't get the CAT scan, because the doctor said that the radiation to the brain causes cancer in 1 and 1,000 children, well those odds were to great for us. Grandon seems great now, he's back to his normal rotten (just kidding) loving wonderful boy self again. That was so scary though, I prayed, I cried, and some how got through it all. You wouldn't think that it would be a big deal, but I've learned that from just a simple fall like that your child can die from it or go into a coma. I've always thought of myself as a mother that most likely worries about her children to much, well now after this I'm for sure a mother who worries about her children WAY tooo much!