Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wednesday Confessions

Haven't posted these in a LONG while but a couple came to mind last night...

Is is sad that my favorite Christmas present is the bacon plate that I can use to cook bacon in the microwave?  Andrew even sort of gave it to me as a joke present since he knows how much I love bacon.

Is it sadder that I use it everyday?

Is it the saddest that I pile as much on there as absolutely possible and then only give Carson one piece and save the rest for myself?

One of Carson's favorite songs is Monkey's Jumping on the Bed... we often let him act it out (i.e. jump on our bed singing as loud as he can).   Well....last night he fell off and bumped his head but momma didn't call the doctor and instead just said, "No more Carson's jumping on the bed."  Whoops.  Guess we shouldn't be letting him do that...

He's never been one to sleep in bed with us unless we were at a hotel or at the farm... until this past week.  He'd be crying from his room, "I wanna sleep in Mommy's bed!!!"  We'd ignore him.  Then, he'd get out of his bed and go lay by the door.  It was so sad looking.  Plus, it's been cold.  So... we'd go get him and let him snuggle with us.  I have to say I didn't really mind since I feel like I don't get to see him enough since he's at school all day.  Andrew was out of town the last 4 days, and I'm not a fan of sleeping alone since the break-in, so I was happy to have him wake up and join me.  Andrew's back though so back to his own bed.  He's been there the last two nights and has been fine.  It's not really that he's sleeping with us, I know lots of people do that, it's that we caved to his cuteness.

See him on the right by the door on the floor.
 
I have had a 'donation pile' in our room for probably 2 months.... how hard is it to drive 2 miles to go drop it off?!?!

Operation Start Running or Working Out or Doing Any Physical Activity has yet to commence.  Can I blame it on the crappy weather??

Found out Carson is 1 of the 3 in his class of 16 that isn't potty trained (I asked since I saw most of the boys were using the potty). He's one of the youngest in his class and isn't even quite 2 1/2 yet, so I'm not concerned since most people I know said their boys were closer to 3. I think the real issue here is that I am clueless and need to commit to at least start thinking about it. Sometimes I just think diapers aren't all that bad. I don't want to push anything, but I feel like he's smart enough to get it if we tried at all. Any boy mommas out there have any tips???

New Years @ the Farm!

Another catch-up post...
 
We spent the weekend before New Years at the farm.  Carson was ready to be at "Wannie's Farm."

 
He was out most part of the way there!


Lucy was ready too...

 
We're here!


My view from the tree stand... I needed to shoot a buck.  It had been EIGHT years!

 
Got one!

 
Probably one of the coolest hunts I've ever had.  There were 3 doe at the feeder and then I saw movement off to my right.  One buck... no, two bucks... no three bucks... they just kept coming.  I think there were 6 total, probably 3 of which were legal (13" spread).  They were not coming in to hang out at the feeder.  This bachelor herd was on the move.  Everything happened so fast, I couldn't tell which was the biggest one.  I had missed my chance at a buck twice already this year because I waited too late to try to shoot, so I didn't want to let the opportunity slip away again.  I knew this buck was legal and I had a shot, so I took it.  I was using Andrew's 7 mag, and this guy just dropped right there.  It was a little frustrating knowing there might have been a bigger one in the group, but I was just happy to FINALLY shoot a buck again.  That brings my total deer harvest to THREE this year.... Not too shabby.  We'll eat all that meat too.  We LOVE venison!

 

Andrew & Jeremy hauling him out.  He was a pretty big-bodied deer too.


This sweet boy napped a lot...

 
He wasn't feeling too great...

 
Mommy found this cool train at an antique store in Schulenburg.

 
Love this place...


Wanda stole Andrew's shirt, compliments of Nick...
 



Jamie talking to the crazy antique lady... so she though {inside joke}.

 
Pups.


Bed head
 

He was SOOO sweet that morning.  We just laid in bed and talked and looked out the window.

 
Bath time in the big tub!

 
Little ones and pregnant ones sleep a lot...



 
Target practice...

 
Cows

 
Shoo-Doo



 
Let's just say that the guy that broke in our house should be very thankful we didn't have our self-defense shotgun yet.
 

S'mores!  YUMMY!!

 
Sweet boy!

 
This kid is a popcorn eatin' fool!


 
Fun time as always!!!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

All I Want for Christmas is a Bowl of Cotton!

Andrew surprised me before Christmas to let me know that he got (well.. wanted to get and had me do it) Cotton Bowl tickets!   WHOOP!!! 
 
He literally put a bowl of cotton balls under the Christmas tree... I totally didn't get it.

 
I haven't been to a game since November 2009 when A&M played Baylor and Andrew hasn't been since the game the weekend of Hurricane RITA... 2005!!!

So, as painful as it was to hit the "Confirm Purchase" button on StubHub, it was well worth it!  If you add up the cost of all the games we didn't go to the last several years, it would easily exceed the price of these tickets... so, we splurged on us for a change! 

Lots of maroon in the suitcase...

 
We found an amazing Mexican food place off the beaten path for lunch...

 
Our classy hotel, the Admiral Hotel, had a bottle opener in the bathroom.  (Hey, unless I wanted to pay $300 or be really far from the stadium, this appeared to be my only choice... or at least the best option.)


I had my lucky maroon scarf... thanks, Jolee!

 
Tailgating with friends...Dori, Lindsey, and Natalie!  YAY!

 
My handsome hubby!

 
First trip to Jerry World for both of us!

 
 
Johnny Football!!!


 
Regretted these later...


The defensive (aka the Wrecking Crew.. yep, they were resurrected during this game.  Amazing.) was up.... AAAAAAA!!!!

 
Gig 'Em!!!

 
Game over for Johnny Heisman... well done!  41-13
 
 
In case you can't read it... "TEXAS A&M AGGIES 2013 AT&T COTTON BOWL CLASSIC CHAMPIONS"

 
What I'm talkin' about... WHOOP!

 
 
The game was SO much fun!!!  This whole season has just been amazing... the move to the SEC, actually doing GREAT in the SEC (which was opposite of what EVERYONE was saying would happen), Johnny Football, the Heisman, killing OU in the Cotton Bowl, etc...  The energy in the stadium was just awesome... I REALLY miss going to Aggie games... I forgot how much fun they are!!!  Hopefully, we can get back to trying to go to at least one game a year.  I can't wait to take our little Aggie... stinks it will cost just as much for him as it will for us.  Oh well!  I think he'll love it too!! 

Monday, January 14, 2013

Baytown Christmas 2012

Better late than never, right?!?!  I always dread the "big" posts because it means I have to sort through WAY too many pics and then scale them down so that I don't use up all my data on my blog...  I'm also lacking commentary, so I'll just let the pics speak for themselves.
 
Anyways... Christmas 2012 was GREAT!!! 
 
Don't be fooled by Wanda's lack of presents... they are ALL over the room.


A little naked train playing never hurt anyone...
 

 
Ready for church!


 
Before the Bordelon great-grand kids got crazy...

 
Our 3 pews were down to 1 by the time Mass was over...


 
Attempting to get all the "little" kids together


 
I think we got it!!!


 
The newest little one... Baby Harper


Such a good cousin...
 






 
Kid dinner

 
Is my child actually eating spaghetti???


 
All the "big" kids....


 
Not sure who bought this toy, but it was a hit!

 
It's not even Carson's...


 

 So sweet...


Before the craziness started...



 
His new police car from ViVi and Doc might have been his favorite toy of the night...




 
Becky was pretty excited about her new iPhone from all the kids!

 
Still playing with Blaise's toy...

 
His "green bicycle" he asked Santa for...

 
Pretty much sums up how he felt about Christmas..






 
Again... he wasn't really into the whole opening presents thing.

 
He wasn't really sure what it did then, but he loves his "Gig 'Em Aggies stars"
 

 
The biggest flashlight EVER.


 
New rubber boots... Extra wide.  Who knew Andrew had extra wide feet... Apparently only his podiatrist.




He sang me his ABC's a lot...


The PJ posse...
 

 
Yep, I'm married to this!  :-)





 
Lots of snuggles...



 
The Peters side....




 
Again, this face sums up how he felt about opening presents.  He could have cared less...



 
Not interested in pedaling...
 




 
PJ posse again...