Lincoln's Birthday Party

Let's recap, shall we? Lincoln's party was a HUGE success! I'm serious, here. It went way better than I ever could've imagined... Everything went off as planned or better- aside from a couple little boys getting extremely messy- one in water- one in mud... They were good sports about it, though.

So, my day started off early- going to Card & Party factory to get balloons blown up... $8.00 will get you a LOOOT of helium! Then off to my parents' house to start helping dust, vacuum, Scott helped my dad do a lot of things outside... And then, about 2 o'clock, BRING ON THE THUNDERSTORM. serious. 3 hours of nonstop rain. I really thought the party was going to get rained out, I was freaking. I was thinking, "I spent WAY too much time and money on this for it to crap up now!" But luckily (no lucky actually included, i'm giving God all the credit on this one) it stopped raining long enough for us to set up the party, H AVE the party, and clean up afterwards... (I asked God for a couple dry hours and He provided, which was excellent)
So people get to the party, we eat hot dogs and hamburgers, etc... Walk around and try to be social with everyone (which is hard to do when there are 20 adults and 7 children there), try to sit down long enough to actually be able to have a hamburger for myself, and then start moving again. Present opening time. AH it was hectic! I had 3 or 4 toddlers on my trying to all open Lincoln's presents and play with them at the same time and it was really hard just working around them. Pretty darn cute though. Now, it's hay ride time. Oh, that's right. We had a freakin hay ride. My dad put some hay on his trailer and hooked it up to his tractor, drove us out to the TANK (yes, the tank), where we let the boys throw rocks into the water... Who would've known that a big hole in the ground + water + some rocks could be quite possibly the most fun combination ever thought of? The boys LOVED IT. We did that for about 5 or 10 minutes, then Beau kind of fell into the tank (mostly just mud, but ya know, a little in the water) and Amy's flip-flop got stuck in the mud (WHICH WAS HILARIOUS by the way) so we decided to call it a day at the tank and make our way back to the party area... Amy and Beau were good sports about the whole thing, so it was all good... Went back to the party, sang Happy Birthday to Lincoln, had to let him blow out his number 2 candle twice because he enjoyed it so, everyone ooohed and aaahed over my cake (which was delicious and quite cute, i will post pictures) and then we ate cake and everyone went home. It was AWESOME.
Ah, by the way, I forgot to mention the little bouncy spring horse (that was mine and my siblings' when we were little) that was at the party, I think just about all the boys took a turn on it- SO cute. AND my mom bought this little bounce house thing, and the boys were crazy about it.

It was the best party ever. Now I'm worried about next year. I've got a lot to live up to!!!

Thanks to all of you who came for my sweet little boy! Ah, one last thing- my sister-in-law, Candace, gave Lincoln soem Dr. Pepper (NOT diet or caffiene free) right before we left... We got home, gave Lincoln a bath, and he was WIRED. fun. We had to put him in bed while he was still wide awake. He was a freaking madman.

I think i'm still tired from yesterday...

Happy Birthday to Lincoln, Happy Labor Day to me.

this is my boy in 2004. He was only a couple weeks old. SO tiny. SO sweet. this is my boy now... HUGE, still SO sweet and SO cute, but not SO tiny anymore... he's not even a baby anymore. it's official. Today he's 2 years old. My little boy is just.... a little boy. Not a baby. A little boy. my little boy is growing up much too fast. For those of you who don't have kids, when you do, everyone will tell you that the time will fly- but inside you'll feel like there's no way, because it's so much work, it MUST feel like it's going to crawl by... But it doesn't. I remember the day I brought my boy home from the hospital... Now he's 2. I've already taught him to say "I'm two years old!" though he's having trouble showing 2 with his fingers. Today Scott and I are going to take him to Mr. Gatti's for pizza, coke, tons of sweets, rides, and basically just running around like a sugar-crazed maniac. It will be fun. I am the mother of a two-year-old. Please pray for me

where to begin

ah, where to begin when you seemingly have nothing to type about? well, i must start somewhere- i am tired of my most recent blog being about a camel...

oh ok, i'm sure this will spark some controversy- - if you're not from around the "Big Country" area, you may not know what House of Yaweh is or how CRAZY they are... they're pretty much a cult. seriously. everyone changes their last name to the last name of their "leader", Israel Hawkins. ANYWAY, Mr. Crazy Hawkins is predicting that on September 12 of this year, a nuclear war will break out and within 5 months, the world will be destroyed. Also, 2 million Yawehs (we like to call them yay-hoos) will be moving to the Clyde/Eula area- because apparently this area will be spared. HA.
Muslims believe that on August 22, merely 7 days from now, the Earth will come to an end... something about Allah and all that jazz.
ah, what to think of all this... if you are a follower of Christ, as am I, you know that in the Bible, the end of the world will begin with unrest in the middle east- well- when is there rest in the middle east? seriously? and the Bible also says that we will not know the day nor the hour that Jesus will return... so i'm left here thinking... hmm.. what IF Jesus did come back in 7 days? and it makes me sad knowing my son will never be able to grow up and that I will never be able to be mother to another child... but then again, in Heaven, i would have WAY more happiness than here on Earth. it's such a mind-boggling concept... the end of days, that is... so, if you think the end is coming, you better get right with God! if you don't think the end is coming... well... you still oughta get right with God. cuz He's great.

ANYWAY, total subject change. Scott's birthday was 3 days ago. It ended up being a really fun day. I've been sneaking around making plans and i was proud that he was happy at the end of the day- he's kind of hard to impress. i wanted to make it a big deal without making TOO big of a deal- he wouldn't have liked that. he was just poistive that nobody was going to make him a cake and that i surely wouldn't make him cupcakes (like i have done every year for the past 4 years) so i just let him go on thinking that no one was doing anything special for him and that it was no big deal... well, i made him surprise cupcakes (thanks to Virginia, Scott's grandmother, living next door) and planned a dinner at Towne Crier (it's like 3 blocks from Scott's mom's house) and had Scott's mom, grandmother, me, Lincoln, Scott, my parents, and my brother (Matt) and his wife (Candace) all planning on going- all of this without Scott knowing... we also did a nice job with presents and such. it wasn't much of a big deal, but it turned out to be a great day... we were in the middle of dinner and i went out to my parents' car (they hid the cupcakes in their car for me) to get the cupcakes, and came back into the restaurant with his FAVORITE cupcakes, and that made him really happy. Lincoln also enjoyed the cupcakes. He ate the icing first, and, looking rather similar to Santa Claus, continued to eat the remainder of the cupcake. We got some cute pics- i'll get them up when possible...

my son will be 2 in 9 days. freaking whoa.

ummmm ok well i have nothing else to type about so i hope you are all having a wonderful Tuesday and au revoir!

camel time... that's right, camel.

that's right, folks... this is me feeding a CAMEL...

did you know that camels like pretzels? ....neither did i....

between Seymour, TX and Wichita Falls, TX, there is a camel farm... my mom stopped along the side of the road so Lincoln could see the camels...
they requested that i feed this extra-friendly one.... and all i had was a bag of pretzels.... he (the camel) liked them a lot.

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, OKLAHOOOOOMA, OK!

today is my third day in the dreaded state of Oklahoma... ok, maybe it's not so bad- but there are things in Texas that i just can't get here.... let's start a list, shall we?

1. my husband
2. my own home
3. my own bed
4. my own vehicle
5. all of Lincoln's toys
6. a toddler-proof home
7. a WAY cooler state flag... check this out, seriously-

i mean, WHO likes THAT better than THIS?

....my point exactly....
8. i miss driving on free roads- every single damn road in Oklahoma seems like it's a damn toll road. Rebekah and i made up a song about it yesterday.
9. did i list my husband? yeah, i miss him...

So basically, kids, Texas is just superior, and that's all there is to it.

ohhh i get to go HOOOOME TODAY!!! i am excited.

the next few weeks are going to be crazy busy. i'm just warning you. because i know all of you await, sitting on pins and needles, greatly anticipating my next blog... but, it seems like this much there will be less blogging and more real life for me to attend. pity.

have i mentioned yet that i was awake for an hour between 3:15 and 4:30 am? ok, so slightly more than an hour... but all of this is because i am being forced to share a room with my oh-so-sweet son, Lincoln.... yeah, starting about 3am, he was tossing and turning and not sleeping well... then at 3:15, he starting calling out for my mom (his Nana) and i got him out of bed to rock him because i didn't want him waking everyone else... he wanted to be held and rocked, but he was now WIDE AWAKE. fun stuff. ...so i ended up having to turn on the bathroom fan, and a couple other sources of noise, so that he could cry himself back to sleep without waking anyone. i resorted to a middle-of-the-night myspace session while i waited for him to fall back to sleep so i could do the same. it was NOT fun!
OH! add that to my list of things i miss- we'll call it number 10. Lincoln sleeping in his own room!
ohhh toniiiiight...

ok ok ok kids, i suppose i shall be going. i should probably gather my bags and Lincoln's things and prepare for our 4 hour trip home... i hope you are all enjoying the end of your summer (unless you didn't get one at all really, in which case- haha. sucks to be you.)

ohhhhhhh i am ready for FALL, but that is a whole different subject...

au revoir!