"Jack" of all Trades

Chillin' out with Daddy. Look at those precious chubby legs!!!
Jack is imitating Mommy and cooking us dinner. He has been obsessed with his pots and spatulas ever since I gave them to him in a moment of desperation as I was trying to pry him off of my legs so I could cook. :)
Here he is showing my what he's cooking up. He's very serious about his cooking.
Now he's being like Daddy by tinkering with his rocking chair. He had it up-side-down and was standing in the middle of it shaking it and examining it. I think he was testing the durability of it. Just like Daddy! :) Again, he's very serious about his task. So funny!

P.S.: I love him in this outfit, he looks like a little boy! What happened to my tiny baby?

Tag I'm It!

So, most people hate these tag things, but I secretly really like them. hahaha. I'm a dork.

Crystal tagged me, so....

What was I doing ten years ago?
Wishing for a car and being very disappointed on my 16th b-day when my parents didn't surprise me with one; dating some loser, just sure that he was "the one" (UGH!); surviving some major drama with my friends; sneaking into less-than-upstanding-establishments and hiding when they started asking for ID's; trying to avoid getting grounded; and releasing my teenage angst by singing along with Melissa Etheridge at the top of my voice!

Five things on my to-do list today:
1.Laundry
2.Do dishes that I didn't do last night
3.Play with my sweet Jack
4.Take a shower at some point (who knows when that will be)
5.Make some yummy sausage, peppers, and onion sandwiches for supper

Five things I'd do if I were a billionaire:
1.Give a TON away anonymously
2.Pay off our debt and the debt of our family
3.Save for our kids
4.Move back to Starkville and build a house
5.Take our family on a cool trip for a month or so

Five bad habits:
1.I don't wash my makeup off at night
2.I eat way too much a lot of the time
3.I'm moody (esp.now)
4.Holding on to things and not giving them over to God
5.Forgetting our checkbook balance the absolute second that I close my wallet, even though I just balanced it (this drives Brian crazy!)

Five places I've lived:
1.Biloxi, MS
2.Madison, MS
3.Raymond, MS
4.Starkville, MS
5.Rison, AR

Five jobs I've had:
1.Video store clerk
2.Salesperson at a kiosk in the mall
3.Salesperson at Old navy/Gap/Banana Rep. Outlets :(
4.Secretary/Gopher at a design firm
5.Stay at home Mommy :)

2 Happy Years!!!!

Brian and I have been married for two happy, fun-filled years today! It's amazing that it's already been that long, and that it's been that short of a time too! I thank God every day for his blessing of such a wonderful, understanding, loving husband and incredible dad for Jack! We are so incredibly blessed!

To add to his wonderfulness, Brian surprised me with a weekend getaway to Hot Springs for the two of us. My parents came over for the weekend to keep Jack and we spent our first night away from him, which ended up being a little hard, but not too bad. ( I did call a few times to check on him.) We had so much fun walking around HS, shopping, eating, and being together! Brian had even set up a massage for us Saturday night! He did so good! We had a great time and felt refreshed when we got home Sunday! Thank you baby!

Happy 2nd Anniversary Brian!

I love you and look forward to many many many more years to come!

Birthday Pictures Finally!

Ok, so Jack turned ONE two whole weeks ago and it has taken me this long to finally get some pictures up. Sorry. We've been crazy busy and our computer has been crazy slow...so....

We had a great time on Jack's birthday. I made a cake and Brian and I decorated it to look like a baseball. We woke Jack up singing "Happy Birthday" to him and then opened his present from us--a shiny new Radio Flyer wagon, which he loves! Then we went to our church for an Easter Carnival where Jack ate his first cupcake, played with (basically squeezed and pulled at) cute little rabbits, and had his first Easter egg hunt. The rest of the afternoon we relaxed and it wasn't until the next day that we did his B-day cake. He didn't dig in like I thought he would, but he got a fair amount of icing on him and his clothes and he liked it! I think he had fun. We loved watching him and playing with his new wagon. It was very low key, but in a couple of weeks all four grandparents and both aunts will be here for his birthday party! I can't wait and I know they all can't wait to see us (Jack).

Big Mess = Big Fun

Why do we even buy him toys? :)

Introducing: Our New Headboard!!!

Concept, design, construction, and installation by none other than the extremely talented.....BRIAN CHISHOLM!!!!

HAHAHA, I'm a big dork. But my husband is amazing and so talented in building things! We've had the headboard up for a while, but I finally got around to properly making the bed and taking a couple pictures.

I LOVE IT!

Movie Review

Since many of my blogging friends have been reviewing movies of late, I thought

I'd get in on it as well.

My sister-in-law, Amanda, and I watched "Across the Universe" this past weekend and were both pleasantly surprised by it. I know it's been out for a while, and many of you may have already seen it, but if you haven't, I recommend it. It is definitely different, abstract and artsy; and some parts are down right weird and, in my opinion, could have been left out; but in all I liked it and have thought back on parts of it several times over the last few days. The entire soundtrack is Beatles songs which is never a bad thing, and I've been humming a few of them to myself ever since I watched, again, never a bad thing. So, watch it, and let me know what you think.