Many thanks for all your prayers and sweet words regarding my brother. He did brake his collar bone but thankfully, he will not need surgery. He is still in a lot of pain and discomfort but he will be fine.
Thank you again! Hope you are all having a beautiful day!!!

prayer request

Hi everyone! Could you please keep my brother in your prayers. He was riding his bike this evening and his brakes locked up which caused him to flip forward over the front of the bike. He split his lip open and has broke his collar bone.
He has an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow and the doctor will determine if he needs surgery.
Unfortunately, because my brother is self employed, he does not have health insurance. Please pray that he does not need surgery and if he does that the doctor will work with him as far as the cost.
Thank you for the prayers! My family appreciates it so much!!!!

trick or treat!

Tomorrow is A's first Halloween! Even though he doesn't really get the whole Halloween thing, we have been celebrating up a storm!

We started out by going to the pumpkin patch. This was so special to me. It's the same pumpkin patch that my brother and I have been going to since we were children. Over the years this has become a huge family tradition which consists of many of my extended family going. It's so much fun to see my younger cousins and my 1st cousins' children enjoying picking out the perfect pumpkin! It's even sweeter to introduce A to the tradition!

although I was thrilled for A's first trip to the pumpkin patch, clearly, he was not!

took literally a 100 pics and this is the only smile I got!

just what am I doing up here?

I wonder if I can get this in my mouth?

I love all the facial expression which clearly state how displeased he is but I wanted some smiles! So we took a trip to a local church which has a "pumpkin patch" and got lots of smiles and I even took some pics of A in his Halloween costume.

my courageous little lion!

Hope all of you have a fun & safe Halloween!
I am sure we will have more pictures to share from A's first Halloween!
Happy Haunting!!!

I Want it All

More often then not, I log onto my blog and feel so restricted. For whatever reason, I feel as though my blog should have a theme... should it be a mommy blog, a "cute finds" blog, etc. etc. I am not sure why I think this way or feel the need to put these sort of restrictions on myself, but lately I have been. So therefor, I have decided that I will give it my all. I will post pics of Baby A, my latest shopping finds, life moments and whatever else comes to mind. And if y'all like it, great, if not, well at least I have given it my all. And hopefully this will help me to post more often (maybe not though).

So let me start by saying that this post is lucky it even made it onto the blog.

My sweet son is napping and I am in desperate need of a nap myself. However, the moment I tried to go to sleep, my mind began to spin with things that I wanted to blog about, or get off my chest, so here it is...

Before I go on though- I want to make it perfectly clear that I am SO BLESSED. That I LOVE my son and have NO regrets!

The latest: the grass is greener on the other side...

Last night we had some friends over for dinner. These are some of our single friends. The ones who have great jobs, who travel often, are not married, not in a relationship... you get the picture right?

So in an effort to make conversation, one asks what I have been up to. I look at my son, and reply this is it. Which left a bittersweet taste in my mouth.

If I have struggled with anything since becoming a mother (and especially when I was pregnant), it is change.

I am not good with change. Not knowing what to expect, how things are going to work, all the questions that can't be answered - this just stresses me out and sends my anxiety level through the roof.

So when I answered that question, it made me think about how much has changed in my life... the care free days of traveling and coming and going as I (or we - the hubs and me) pleased. The great stories I had to share of all my adventures or latest purchases of fabulous clothes.

Not so much anymore. This led to a case of "the grass is greener on the other side syndrome." I must admit, I miss those days and the changes the baby has brought have sometimes been hard, but then minutes later, Baby A, did something really funny and everyone laughed and my heart filled up with joy.

Sure, I miss those days. But I had them. And you get to a point (or at least I did), where going out, traveling, and all that "stuff" does not fulfill you the way a child's love and the love of a child does. I miss traveling, but I am excited to take A places for the first time. I miss my old clothes budget but I LOVE buying clothes for A and even more, I LOVE how ridiculously cute he is in them.

So it may have not sounded like the most glamour answer but I would not trade the smiles, the laughs, the kisses, the tears, the teething, or even the lack of sleep, for one minute of it.

Or the fact that I have perfectly good reason to nap in the afternoon!

trying to make a comeback!

I have been MIA for some time now! Seems like every time I log onto to post, the dogs start barking and wake up the baby, I get distracted by something else like on-line shopping, reading all your fabulous blogs, or I decide to conquer the ever growing pile of laundry, or I just take a nap!

Here is what has me preoccupied the most though! =)

Yes I know it's still 100 degrees outside but I can't help it!

With Fall approaching, I can't help but think of all of the "firsts" that Baby A will experience and all the cute little smocked outfits to go with each of those events! Although his closet is being filled with football, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas clothes, I think the hardest and one of the most important outfits that I have yet to purchase is his first Halloween costume! Plus I think it is safe to say that there are not many things that are cuter than a baby in a Halloween costume! So here are some of my favorite finds so far (boy and girl)!

To get a better look at these cuties (I had trouble getting some of the pics!), go here.

Aren't these simply adorable?! They can be found at Pottery Barn Kids

How about an Easter Bunny for Halloween?!

I love this little monkey!!!

And this guy might just be my favorite!!!
(the above 4 can be found here)

What was your first Halloween costume? What was your little one for his/her first Halloween - or what do you plan to dress that sweet baby up as for his/her first Halloween?
Please do share!!!

jon & kate, match.com

ETA: I know that divorce is not funny and I am sure that what Jon & Kate are going through is tough. I don't mean to make fun of that.... I just saw the humor in the impressions that each of these people did of Jon & Kate.

Have y'all seen these? Hilarious!!!!
And a great way to start a Monday!
Enjoy!!!