Happy 1st Birthday little one <3

Dear David Conrad,

     A year ago today @9:30 PM, I gave birth to a beautiful 7 lb 1.2 oz 19 in baby boy..

We'd been waiting months for him to get here,

&when he did we couldn't have been happier and more blessed than in that moment.

We changed in a split second from a regular couple,

to a Mommy &Daddy that would move the Earth to make sure

he was safe and loved and got everything he needed in this world.

     That baby boy was you. :)

You came into our lives just when we needed you the most

and have completed this little family we started.

It's been only a year but I don't know where we'd be without you sweet baby.

We thank God everyday that he made you just for us.

 Even at one year's old you are already so smart, funny, sweet, and loving

and we can't wait to see what good you bring to this world.

You will do great things and I promise we'll be there every step of the way.

We are already so proud of you. <3

So today's your day big boy!

We love you so much David. :)

Love,

Mommy &Daddy

No time to say hello, goodbye I'm late I'm late I'm late!

My goodness friends I am so sorry I've been MIA for a long while now! :P Not only did MY laptop finally give out(the screen could never stay up on its own, then the screen went &stayed black); but Hubby's Mac's battery decided to up &die one day &also never turn back on. >:( So for now my nice father-in-law lent me his laptop!

Terrible considering ALLL of my pics are on both of them. So yes my posts from Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, &everything else in between are also MIA, just for now I hope.

But just a quick update minus pics:

All the holidays with Jon, David, &myself being our firsts w/baby boy were amazing naturally. (:

~Halloween was my 22nd birthday! I celebrated by trick-or-treating for David's 1st Halloween, he was Winnie The Pooh! Cutest little Pooh we'd ever seen! He seemed to like visiting everyone's doors to say hello :P He didn't really get tired till there at the end of course by then it was time to head home anyway.

~Thanksgiving had wrenches thrown into it as David had a high fever we couldn't get down and was crying inconsolably so we only got to visit w/one house of relatives! Had to take the poor baby to the hospital &spend the rest of our Thanksgiving day there just hoping he'd feel better. :( Turned out to be another annoying ear infection. >:( Darn those things!

~Christmas was good also: went to see the Festival of Lights, picked out a live tree, bought our own decorations for it &a pretty tree skirt.

We didn't get to take a picture with Santa as we were super late in December for it &just broke my heart since we won't have that picture for later years to look back on.. :( But on the plus side we had a nice Christmas as a family &did get sweet pictures for the rest of the time. :)

~New Years we spent at home counting down as the ball dropped in Times Square on TV w/ordered-in pizza &the munchkin getting to stay up and play late for a change!

I'd like to point out that only in Texas is it hot during basically all these Holidays!

Even a couple days in January so far have been shorts kinda days.

Business has yet to be started as I'm back on my own, granted I like it better that way. (: Less drama when I don't have to share my business decisions with anyone but ME. So still working out the kinks, but since it's a new year with a fresh start I figure it's now or never to get started!

On a side note keeping myself busy planning David's 1st birthday coming here in February! Considering how big even just my immediate family is, I'm having trouble finding a place to have it.. >:( Our place just isn't big enough! So much for keeping his 1st bday small.. :/ I'm also considering making homemade pizza like I have before! But I'll probably make a whole different post for David's bday planning just to keep track of it all as I go along. (:

Anywhooo that's it for now, hopefully soon we can get our computers back up and running &I can share our holiday pictures with you! Till then (:

Aunties :D

Aunt Zoobie and David playing with his new toys from Nonnie :] 

Aunt Riley feeding Bubba even making the cute little faces <3

My sweet man this morning watching his Mickey Mouse :P

Had fun today at the park with the besties and our boys :) Loving this cold weather!

Life Here Lately :)

Wellll not much going on the last few weeks besidess:

~Our lease will be up soon so we've been apartment/townhome shopping. So far found a nice community of townhomes &such that's decent price, still weighing our options.

~Hanging out with bestie and letting the boys run wild. :P

~Taking David to the park with friends, letting the kiddos get out some energy before dinners and bedtimes. :]

~David turned 9 months on the 7th=he's not my little baby anymore.. :[ He's growing up!

~I got new potted plants! This doesn't sound exciting but living in an apartment is depressing if you have a green thumb.. My hubby bought me a "exotic hibiscus" and my mother-in-law bought me a cute little rosemary plant that resembles a mini Christmas tree. :D So, so far my "collection" of plants makes me happy for now till I can get some flowers &more smell-good plants. :]

~Today we visited a new park, walked around, took pictures, I collected some cute little pinecones (will attempt soon to make my own holiday wreath for the home), and was attacked by ants. >:[ I hopped around itching from the little monsters, hubby laughed at my "cute dance", as he put it, and we retired home to watch a movie and eat delicious chinese food. Good end to a Sunday w/my best boys. <3

~I am STILLL thinking my brain into a coma about what to do with my business.. It's what I've wanted to do for years but the start-up costs, paperwork, and overall maddening protocols/procedures for the state are making it difficult to keep up a chipper attitude about owning my own business. >:[ Course no one said it would be easy, and otherwise it wouldn't be worth it so I will keep brainstorming and saving and mad-scientisting (yes we're making this a word) in the kitchen till I'm satisfied we can officially OPEN our little business. :]

That concludes what I've been up to, if I think of something I missed will add later. (:

Tataa :]

David &Daddy taking an afternoon nap (:

My boys are so sweet <3