Thankful Thursday

I'm getting to Thankful Thursday early today!! We are getting ready to go on a family walk, I'm so thankful the weather is nice! I love the Fall, it is the perfect blend of Winter and Summer, the colors are so beautiful. I'm also thankful that we are all healthy and able to be out on such a great day. Maybe I'll post pictures from our walk when we get back.



I guess walking for an hour put Maddax to sleep, if I tried this every time I wanted him to sleep I'd be in great shape!

Pumpkins...

So it would seem I'm not the only one who thought Pumpkins were a good idea until they actually did them. I swear they are more hassle than they are worth, and who came up with the idea to carve a squash for Halloween in the first place?! Anyway, we started late tonight, Hannah was so grumpy when we finished since it was past her bedtime, and Maddax was wondering why I stuck him in the big cold orange thing to take his picture...!

Catching Up...

So it turns out that having the computer in the same room as the baby isn't the best idea. I'd rather let the baby sleep than wake him up and try to hold him while typing, so needless to say, I've been short with my blogging, e-mail, banking, basically EVERYTHING. But...for the moment, he sleeps and blogging sounds better than online bill paying! So, updates-
*We blessed Maddax yesterday, and fortunately, Kolby named him Maddax even though he truly wanted to name him Kolby John Jr., to which I opposed. It turned out great, had lots of great family come, but my camera was dead, so I'll gather pics from my mother in law and post them later.
*We cut 7" off of Hannah's hair today, and I did get a picture on my phone, but can't find the USB cable in the dark and don't want to wake Maddax, so again, a picture will be posted later.
*A couple of weeks ago we went to the Scarecrow Festival, what a nightmare with all of those people on UEA weekend, what was I thinking?! We waiting in line 45 minutes for a 2 minute train ride...well, at least Hannah got to play on the jumping slides, that's all she remembers!

*I finally caught Maddax smiling on camera, this is one of his many smiles, but he likes to smirk a lot, he really makes you work for the big open mouth smiles. I sure love this kid!

Coming on 2 months...whoa!

I can't believe Maddax will be two months old on Monday! Where did the time go? He is finally plumping out a little and showing some personality, we fall in love with him even more every day :)

Derek Zoolander School For People Who Can't Read Good

Well, it works! Hannah came home from pre-school 2 weeks ago with a book she can read. I was the proudest little mama, I couldn't stop grinning, so I just had to take her picture as soon as we got home. Yesterday she brought home another one, I'm truly amazed at how much smarter kids are now than when I was little!

Thankful Thursday

Whew, almost forgot, but it's still Thursday so I'm getting better at this!
Today I am thankful for "Family Home Nevening." Tonight Hannah begged me to do Family Home Neve-ning (as she calls it..) Hannah is such a sweet girl, she truly has a choice spirit. We sang a song, she picked a lesson from the manual and she played me a song on the piano. I'm not sure what I did to deserve such a sweet kid!

Taggies

I've been tagged twice (Candace and Tonya), and I'm combining them (aren't I so effecient?!)
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What's your husbands name? Kolby John

How long have you guys been married? Just shy of 5 years

How long did you date? Not long enough…only like 2.5 months until we got engaged.

How old is he? 28 (old man!!!)

Who eats more sweets? Used to be me, but I think Kolby’s taken that title!

Who said I Love You first? Kolby

Who is taller? Kolby, nobody uses the word “tall” to describe me!

Who is the better singer? Hmmm, neither of us are that great but Kolby sings more often!

Who is smarter? Me, we both agree on that one! But to play fair, he is nicer!

Who does the laundry? We both do, but neither of us do it often enough

Who pays the bills? Me, not sure Kolby knows what bills we have!

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Yeah, I’m not answering that either.

Who mows the lawn? Some college kid the HOA thinks is wonderful, I beg to differ.

Who cooks dinner? Me, unless I beg Kolby to.

Who drives? Me, we all get there a lot happier since I’m not patient enough for Kolby’s driving.

Who is the first to say they are wrong? Me, Kolby is silent when we disagree.

Who kissed who first? Kolby

Who asked who out first? Me actually, long story...

Who wears the pants? Definitely, I’m a little bit of a control freak!

Who eats more? He does.

Who is more sensitive? He is, I grew up where we had to tough it out!

Who is more stubborn? Hmm, I think we are equal in that dept. Hopefully it’s not genetic, our poor kids!

Who has more siblings? He does, he has 4, I have 2

What do you like to do together? It doesn’t happen often, but we like to shop, go to dinner, and go on walks.

Guilty Pleasures? 1 soap opera and Halloween candy lately!

How did you meet? He was hanging out with my friends and I thought he was so weird!

How long have you been together? Not much longer than we’ve been married, see previous question.

Who proposed? He did.

His best features and qualities? He is always concerned about others, very kind, wonderful father and a great friend!

Whew, now I tag: my mom, Emily and YOU!

Thankful Thursday

Technically it's Friday (closer to Sat.) but since I haven't been on the computer for a few days (I know, can you believe it???), I figured I'd fake like it's Thursday so I could do my weekly post, and then I will get around to doing my tags.

So this week I am most thankful for.....my husband! Nothing special happened, but looking back over the last few years, the good, bad and ugly, I've realized he is always there for me. We are best friends, even if we don't act like it sometimes. Words can't describe our relationship, I wouldn't say it's typical, because quite frankly, I wouldn't call either of us, or our beginning, typical. But, I love him now, forever and always.