Me A to Z

age - 28

bed size -Queen, but thinking we need to upgrade soon  

chore you hate - Washing dishes, blah.

dogs - Suki doggie-almost 6 years old

essential start to your day - Right now, it is Jillian Michaels Shred, then a smoothie, oh and then coffee.  I have to start my day with coffee. 

favorite color - to wear, BLACK, in general, PINK

gold or silver - I like both

height - 5 feet 7 inches

instruments you play - Zero. I am challenged in the music department.

job title - Sr. Office Associate aka Parent/Family Mentor aka do whatever my boss tells me to do.  

kids-Logan, my almost 2 year old most of the time sweet boy.  

live - to the fullest.  Always say I love you to those you love and be kind to people, you never know when it is your last day.

married - For 4 years! (in May)

nicknames - Babe. Or I have a friend that calles me "E" oh and Sharon, but that is another story ;)  

overnight hospital stays -When I gave birth  

pet peeve - Bad drivers. Dirty house. People being late.

righty or lefty - Righty

siblings - Older sister, Kelli

time you wake up - Weekdays: 5:45am to workout, weekends: whenever Logan wakes up

university attended - Sam Houston State University  

vegetables you dislike - Squash

what makes you run late - My husband or my son

x-rays you’ve had - Dentist, chest (after my wreck)

yummy food - Chicken Strip Sandwhich from Whataburger.  OMG.  Mouth watering. 

zoo animal favorite - Tiger, because it is Logan's favorite ;)

Mooooo!

 Logan has been doing lots of animal noises lately, but his favorite is the cow. 

Logan what does the cow say? 

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 

Him still saying MOOOOOO.  Love him to pieces. 

Fluffy cake--2 ingredients!

Ok we all know that Pinterest is like taking over everyone's lives, but it really does have some great recipes! I am on a weight loss kick right now (Day 7 of the 30 day shred...holy cow, it is hard!) but I am sticking with it! Here is my problem: after dinner every night I crave something sweet.  Rather than stuffing my face with cookies, I thought I would try something healthier, but sweet enough to cure my sweet tooth.  I found a cake that had 2 ingredients and pretty low cal/low fat. You had me at 2 ingredients!

Fluffy Cake:
One box of angel food mix (not the kind that has 2 mixes, only the one with one mix)
One can of pie filling (your choice of flavor...I choose blueberry)

 Mix the dry cake mix with the pie filling and pour into un-greased pan. 

Bake in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes

Voila! Done!

Really yummy and since we used blueberry it tasted kind of like a muffin so we had this for breakfast this weekend.  Logan could not get enough of it!
Next time maybe I will use strawberry or cherry :)

I am no June Cleaver

I have never followed the rules, a rebel, if you will....when I was younger of course. (THIS is why I would prefer to have all boys!) I might have been the reason my Dad went bald.  Sorry Dad.  I hung out with one big group of crazy girls in high school, and they are all still my crazy girlfriends!
Life has taught me to roll with it, even through bad decisions (been there, made lots of them). 

I listen to pop/rap music
I like dark blue nail polish
I dye my hair if I get bored with the color
I have 3 tattoos...and I plan to get another one. 
I cuss sometimes often (working on this one since Logan is repeating everything
I like to go out with my girlfriends
I watch Family Guy and the RHONJ, and I might admit to watching Teen Mom 2 on occasion. 
I like skinny jeans (the colored jeans are the cutest!)
I own a pair of leopard heels and rock them
I  love mojitos or a glass---or 2 of moscato
I  do (even though I miss Logan terribly) like to have a date night every once in a while and NOT talk about Logan...it is hard though. 

When I became a mom I thought right away...these things have to change.  I am a mom now.  I need to be a different person.  I guess I have reached that point in my life where I "grow up". 
So what did that mean?  It meant that I was going to love this little person more than life itself....period. 
I should not change who I am or what I like because I have a child. 
I am (and never will be) no June Cleaver, but I thought this was the perception of all moms and I had to follow suit.  Minus the mom jeans of course. 
I have lots of friends that are SAHMs and God bless them, it is just not for me.  Does that make me selfish? I would hope not but I know some would disagree. 
Sometimes I feel like being a mom is a competition, comparing kids, judging other moms. 

This is what I know:

I can't sew.  Or do I ever want to.   

I do not make home-made meals. My boys eat the food I make and it is pretty tasty even if it comes from a box. 

I do still listen to pop/rap music. (but let me tell you, if I hear another Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber song, lord help me!) And if Gangster's Paradise comes on I will be rolling down the windows jamming!! ;) Yea I know how to wobble too. 

I did not cloth diaper Logan.  Because, who the hell would want to do that?? Ewww. 

I did not breastfeed.  [Insert huge GASP here] I did try.  Logan was 3 weeks early and never wanted to latch.  And it hurt like holy crap.  And I really did not want to.  I wanted him drinking from a bottle so I attempted to pump too.  Nope, no milk.  By the time my milk was in, I was over it and he had been on formula for a week.  Forget it.  (I have told this to other people and they judged me and it really hurt me)

I attempt to wear cute clothes. And I DO still shop in the juniors section and have never bought anything from the women's section.  But every time I buy something in my head I think...am I trying to look too young?  But I am a Mom and I am 28....Meh. I draw the line at wearing bows in my hair.  Freaking ridiculous. 

I do not feel guilty when I have a girl's night.  I love my son with every inch of my heart, but I need some time with my friends too.  Even though I am texting Bryan all night asking what Logan is doing and demanding that pictures be sent every 10 minutes. 

We eat dinner in front of the tv.  Yes, we have a very nice and expensive dining room table that I would like to keep that way and not have stuck on mac and cheese all over it. 

I am a good mom.  I would do anything for Logan.  He is my #1 priority, from the moment I wake up, all day and when I go to sleep. My love for him is so much it is overwhelming sometimes.  My heart does not feel full when I am away from him. 

Logan did change me, he made me a mother.  Forever.  But that never means you should change yourself. 
I mean unless you are a bad mom like doing crack or something, then YES you should change, crack is whack people.

Do other Moms feel like this? 

Did I even contribute?!

We do not have hardly any baby pictures of Bryan (he was legally adopted by his grandparents when he was 5...long story and his piece of crap mom probably threw all of them away or probably did not even take any).  Anyways.  His grandparents have a few of him when he was a toddler.  I have seen this picture before but Logan was so small and he really did not "look" like either one of us yet.  But Bryan cannot deny his child! I saw this and it was Logan with brownish hair and brown eyes! Well I can at least say he got the blonde hair and blue eyes from me.  But I think that is all I contributed. 

This was probably when Logan was about 15 months old.  I can't get over how much they look alike!

Holly Jolly Christmas...better late than never!

So I am a little behind on blogging about our Christmas festivities, oh well better late than never! I need a week (or maybe 2) to recover from spending 10 days in Laredo with Bryan's family.  I love them all, but that amount of time with anyone is just too long! Logan was out of his routine and I was ready to get back into mine. 

How cute is this little Rudolph craft that Logan made at school?!

My family Christmas:
We always do this the weekend before Christmas, so we can spend real Christmas with our spouses.
We went to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Houston, so the night before we went and stay the night with my sister so I can spend some quality time with my nephews.  One of my best friend lives right across the street so I got to walk over and meet their new little bundle of joy, Miss Savannah!
Every time I hold a small baby I get that....awwww Logan was this small....I want another one, then I turn around a see Logan with a dog toy in his mouth and trying to play in the toilet and I very quickly re-think that idea.  She is so sweet though!

We headed to Houston and it was a great night of laughs, food and drinks and family.  My family is not very close and we only get together on Christmas (lame, I know) but it is what it is.  We stay connected through Facebook.  Logan got lots of toys, puzzles and clothes.  He even got a little shopping cart from my sister and brother-in-law (they both work at HEB) and he loves that thing!
 This Christmas Logan was obsessed with Santa....not seeing him in person.......but just seeing Santa decorations everywhere! He would exclaim, "Anta! Anta!" and point everywhere he saw a Santa decoration at my aunt's house.  He was SO excited! We had a great time and Logan even stayed up well past midnight for karaoke!

He was pretty mad about those antlers on his head!

Our family Christmas:
Since we were going to be in Laredo for Christmas day, we decided the night before we left to have our little Christmas at our house and give Logan a few things.  He got a play camera, some DVD's, a back-pack, a bubble mower, and a really cool play tent that looks like a school bus.  We could not get him much this year, but I started getting things here and there starting in summer.  He LOVES his tent! It is kind of big and we fit it in his room but it is pretty crowded in there, so we did some re-arranging and everything fits.  It is also great because we can house lots of his toys in there too so they are not all over the place.  I loved our little family Christmas, it was perfect!

Ok, he looks like a big kid here.  :(

Bryan's family Christmas:
We had to drop Suki off with my parents, so we headed to Brenham Friday night.  My parents had a big gift for Logan to open up there.  We spent the night making s'mores on the front patio.  Logan was more interested in holding on to his marshmallow than making a s'mores.  We went inside (it was pretty cold) and Logan opened up his gift, a Harley trike! Of course Bryan was so excited too! It is really cute but he can't reach the pedals yet, probably by this summer. 

We left on Saturday morning for the long track down to South Texas.  Logan did pretty good and napped on and off most of the way.  Which we were grateful for!

We were staying with Bryan's cousin and they have a little boy that is 364 days younger than Logan!  (Logan was born 4/4/11 and Wyatt was born 4/3/12) So they played together, well kind of, but Wyatt was still too small to really play with and Logan just wanted to take all his toys.  Sigh.  I think they will be great buddies next year!

I cannot wait to see the picture of these 2 next Christmas!

Pushing his cousin around, this did not last long, Logan pushed him WAY too fast!

Giving Wyatt kisses, he was not so sure about it.

We spent Christmas morning with his family, I mean ALL his family.  There was probably like 30 people! Logan of course got tons of toys, clothes, books...man that little boy has it made! And we are going to need a bigger house! There are toys STILL out because we do not know where to put them.  Our guest room has suddenly become Logan's toys-that-don't-fit-in-his-room room! Oh well.  We never have guests anyways! We stayed there for 10 days......yes I said 10 days.  Oh man was I ready to come back home after like 3 days.  But we did enjoy the time with his family and all the little ones this Christmas!

Bryan and Logan with cousin Geoff and his little one Tristan

Are those ALL for me??

Just hanging out with Great Granddaddy

Doing my hair with Great Grandmother...this pic cracks me up!

Bryan and Logan with cousin Chris and his little one Kelsey and cousin Matt and his little boy Wyatt. 

It seemed like Logan was more out of sorts there than normal.  He ate pretty good and slept great (we have never had a problem in that department!) but he was kind of a terror after he woke up from his afternoon nap.  Like I might pull my hair out and scream types of days.  Man, $600 a month for daycare was totally justifiable at that point.  Bryan would went to the shooting range a few days and I was all alone with Logan (which I love, I really do) but he was out of his element, new place, not his toys and he does NOT listen to me.  So I might have told Bryan on that Friday night, he is yours I am going out with my girlfriends! And Bryan was totally fine with that.  So I got a girls night and it was a blast! I have not hung out with those ladies in a LOOOOONG time.

Good times! This mama needed it!

Before I knew it, it was New Years Day and we were headed home.  We planned to leave Laredo by noon.  Yea right, after we said our goodbyes to everyone (and that meant stopping by 4 houses!) it was almost 3 when we left.  We really wanted to have a nice quiet New Years Eve at home but we got to my parents house it was almost 9, foggy and rainy.  Nope, no way are we going home, even though it is only 45 minutes from my parents house to our house.  We put Logan to bed, changed into our jammies, drank some hot chocolate and we were in bed by 11.  Yes, this was the first NYE that I can remember that I did not make it to midnight.  Meh.  We were exhausted and it is just another year!
We finally made it back home New Years Day. 

Ringing in the NYE 2013 with hot chocolate and jammies! We are wild and crazy! haha.

The day was full of grocery shopping, unpacking, laundry and trying to get back into the groove.  It was a wonderful holiday with family and friends and I am so glad we were surrounded with the ones that we love!