Inspired

As most of you already know by my past blogs, most of them are about my wonderful yet ornery son, Hunter; however, I've been inspired over this weekend to make a different sort of blog. My friend, Tiffany, wrote a blog of 25 things that make her happy (to read her blog just click on the link to the right) and I've decided to do the same. I feel that everyone should write down a list of all the things that make them happy because it makes all those that don't, seem not quite as bad. Some of these may be pointless to most and some may not be in any particular order and like Tiffany's do not include everything that makes me happy; nevertheless, here are 25 things that make me happy...

25. Nail Polish
24. TV
23. The internet (email, blog, etc...)
22. Medicine (without it I would have a hard time living a normal life)
21. Cell phones
20. Pop (I've now switched to Diet Dr. Pepper, trying to lose that baby weight)
19. CHOCOLATE (not really helping me lose that baby weight)
18. Getting mail that is not bills
17. World of Warcraft (it's a silly dorky game, but when you have very little money having something to play around at that isn't very expensive is a big deal)
16. Talking to my family on the phone!!!
15. The hope that one day I'll be able to do more than just talk to them on the phone
14. Hunter laughing
13. Feeding Hunter his baby food (although it can be really messy at times, and for some reason he likes to eat his toes while he eats his food???)
12. SLEEP (however little or much I get)
11. Jon & Kate plus 8 (a show on TLC about a couple that has twins and sextuplets, makes me realize that I can do it with just 1)
10. Books (whether for pleasure or informational, could not live without the baby ones!)
9. Air Conditioning
8. The smell of my mom and dad's house in the winter!
7. Movie or TV quotes
6. Friends far and near who care about me and my family
5. Having really great in-laws who truly love and care about me, Hunter, and of course Colt :)
4. My family, there are hardly words that can express how much they mean to me. I love them so much and it breaks my heart every day that I'm away from them. I hope that they know how much I love them and how much their love means to me.
3. HUNTER!!!!! I love my baby boy so much and even though there are times I get frustrated he's one of the best things in my life and by far the best thing I've ever done!
2. My husband, he puts up with me when I don't think anyone else could and can still make me laugh even when I'm in the worst mood. He gave me my son and he gives me his unconditional love every day, I am so very blessed to have him in my life.
1. The knowledge that there is a plan for me, that I may not always understand it, but God does and if I just have faith in Him, everything will work out for the best.

And of course, I had to put in a few pics of my beautiful boy!

This is a picture of his first day on earth.

This is from just a few days ago, hasn't he grown so much!?!?

Growing Up

Like most babies, Hunter's days are filled with eating and sleeping. Here are some cute pics of him doing just that! This first one he was trying baby food for the first time, carrots, mmmm!This was so funny! I had put Hunter in his bed for just a few minutes so I could do something and when I came back in he had rolled himself up in his blanket and thought it was so funny! He loves hiding under blankets he just giggles and laughs.
We went to our friends Ryan and Blanca's a couple of weeks ago and we didn't stay really late, but it was definitely past Hunter's bedtime. Colt just sat him down on their couch and he just passed out.
This pic was from this evening. I was trying to eat dinner and he was really really fussy (we visited Blanca and Lola, Hunter's girlfriend ha ha, early that day and got new phones so he missed his nap) so I decided to give Hunter a saltine cracker and he loved it. Although i think most of it ended up on him and in the chair beside him. It was so disgusting I had to just throw the whole high chair cover in the washer. Blah!
Here, he started to pull himself up onto his knees by holding onto his bouncy chair. He was up a lot higher but by the time I got the batteries in my digital camera he had slumped down. Some may not think that this is really that big, but I do cause he's just growing so fast and getting so big!
Now this, last night I was giving Hunter a bath and I usually put him on his back, well, he kept wanting to roll over and I wouldn't let him until finally I was like well I'll just let him and see how he does. He rolled over and LOVED it! It was like he was swimming in the tub and he didn't get his face down in the water at all. Now don't worry I stayed with him the whole time so nothing would happen to him in the tub. And just look at that cute little baby butt!!!!!



Lastly, I want to thank all of those who posted comments on my blog. I really appreciated it cause it let's me know that people are looking at it and I know that I'm getting to show off my cutie pie!

Getting his veggies and fruits!

We've just started giving Hunter some vegetables and fruit and here is how he reacted to the applesauce. Now don't think we are being cruel and making him eat it even though he doesn't like it, he really does I just think it being cold and tart made his reaction come out like this. Also I finally, well Colt, put a video on here of him "enjoying" his applesauce. Enjoy!

He really does like it I promise!



by the way, to everyone who reads my blog, I would love it if those who have the time would leave a comment. All you have to do is click on the word "comments" down at the bottom right hand corner of the blog you want to comment on. I would love to hear what you guys have to say...

WV

Here are some pics from my trip to WV. There are some more but my sis hasn't sent them all to me yet. Here's Hunter chilling on the floor.
This pic looks really funny, but I'll explain. Hunter is teething and apparently he was using Alex's head, as well as Caleb and Hunter Luke's, as teething rings. The very next day his very first tooth came in!
Here's dad and Hunter spending some quality time out on the deck.
Hunter was playing on his back and pulled the cover over his head and started playing, it was so funny. He was giggling and having a good time hiding!