It's Game Day!!

Fight You K-State Wildcats for alma mater fight, fight, fight, fight! Glory in the combat for the purple and the white. Faithful to our colors we will ever be fighting, ever fighting for a Wildcat victory. Go State!

It's game day homies.................Let's go Cats, beat UCF!!

And to the Butler Grizzlies (also purple, how convenient!!)................Go Grizzlies, beat Dodge City!

You better believe this household will be rockin the purple all day!!! We have a FUN day planned ahead. Josh helped organize a Butler baseball alumni game for today so we are headin to the Butler baseball stadium to watch Daddy play some ball with some of his old teammates then they are going to grill out at the stadium. After that we will head home and put the kiddos down to nap and watch the Wildcats on tv, THEN later tonight we will be headed to Blackmore stadium to watch the Grizzlies play!!! I LOVE ME SOME FOOTBALL SATURDAYS!!

WILDCAT SPIRIT!

AND BUTLER PRIDE TOO!! (Harper has a Butler bow on her head, have not found any Butler shirts/dresses/outfits I like for her yet so this is all she has)

The Lost Boy.

Hey! Did you know I have 2 kids? Yup, I do! I am sure you thought I only had Harper since I blog about her all the time but don't be fooled, she has an older brother named Paxton.....Ok, ok I am joking, I do mention him from time to time and even include some pictures of him! The only reason I blog about Harper so much is because she doesn't have a baby book (I know, 2nd child syndrome) and so this blog is her baby book.

Sooo....tonight I will do a post on my first born, my little man, my best friend (he asks me on a daily basis if we are best friends) cause he is one neat little guy. In a little over a month (November 1st) he will be 3!!! He is doing so much these days! He talks constantly, I mean seriously ALL THE TIME! One day my sister Sarah was riding in the car with me and Pax was talkin away in the back and she looked and me and said "does he ever stop talking?" Nope he doesn't. He started talking when he was 1 and has not stopped since. He talks really well too, I have been mentoring in a kindergarten class and it baffles me how many 5 and 6 year olds can't talk very well. I am super lucky to have a child that can communicate with me because I am sure it would be very frustrating if he couldn't. Some things he says on a regular basis:

"Mommy you still my best friend?" Usually after he has gotten into trouble

"Mom/Dad/Sissy you are freakin me out man" No idea where he learned this but it's hilarious

"Just chill out" usually when I am rushing him to buckle his seatbelt cause we are late

"Hi Princess girl" to Harper

These are just a few, literally he says new funny things on a daily basis. I really should start writing them down cause I always think I will remember them but I don't. Like tonight at bed, he talked for about 30 minutes about animals getting out of the zoo and coming into our yard and playing, and did I lock the doors so they couldn't get in? WHAT!!!! I really want a flip camera for Christmas so I can video some of these conversations we have and then upload them. Cause sometimes I leave his room and think "did we really just talk for an hour about THAT?"

Some other things he is doing is:

Goes to the bathroom by himself, he has to take his pants and underwear completely off, but he puts them back on (most of the time inside out) and then does "germ bugs" which is germ x that we keep on back of the toilet. Funny story- Josh got up in the middle of the night a few weeks ago cause he heard Pax in the bathroom so he went to help him, and I guess Pax threw a fit cause Josh forgot to give him the germ x!! That's my kid! Josh asked me "what kid freaks out about germ x at 3 am?" I said "my kid Josh, germs don't sleep!!!"

He dresses himself! Omigoodness I thought this day would never come and now that it has I love it!! In the morning we just lay his clothes out and he gets dressed. At night when it's bath time I wash him up then I leave him to play (don't worry the living room is right by the bathroom I can hear him the whole time) and then when he is done, he puts all his bath toys away, drains water, gets out of tub and puts his towel on then comes out and gets dressed. Now if only Harper could do this, I wouldn't be needed for anything but cooking, cause c'mon they have to be at LEAST 5 to be trusted with the stove and oven right?

He is just super independent these days, we don't MAKE him do any of this, he WANTS to. It makes me a little sad though cause I realize he isn't a baby anymore and the older he gets the less he is going to need me until one day he is a grown man and I have been replaced by his girlfriend, wife, etc.......WAAAAHHHH!!!

HE.LOVES.SPORTS! He would rather watch sportscenter than nick jr, his father has created a monster. He asks me all the time "Mom do you like the Wildcats or the Bears more?" (Chicago Bears) and I say "the Wildcats" and he says "Dad and I like the Bears". But don't worry cause he loves the Wildcats too, or else he would be sleeping outside. He has a real K-State football helmet that the team gave us last year and he wears it everyday, as soon as he gets up. That stupid thing probably weighs as much as he does, but he puts it on and then makes me turn on football and he runs around and pretends he is playing. He will even tackle Harper, and she just sits back up with this annoyed look on her face like "freak" but she doesn't cry. She will be one tough cookie thanks to her brother. He is playing soccer right now, he has to be 4 before he can play football so I am guessing this is the only year he will play soccer cause he is a football man.

Ok, I could go on forever. This is what I get for never doing posts on him. I do keep a journal by my bed that I write down important dates and things that the kids do so believe me I haven't forgot about him. He is a great kid, not perfect by any means, but a good little man who listens MOST of the time, has good manners, says his prayers, thinks his sister is the best thing since sliced bread and his parents are his best friends. I love him so much, he is a true blessing to us and Harper is lucky to have him as her big brother.

Here is Paxton a year ago at first K-State game of the season.....

And here he is THIS year at the first K-State game:

Last year with his partner in crime Aiden, at my Dads house.....

And this year at Dads house..... they have a new member in their little posse!!

Did I mention he worships his Papa? Cause he does.

LOVE......THIS......SMILE!!!

Paxton David, I love you so much. Thank you for letting me be your Mommy and your best friend. You have been our little spitfire since the day you were born (remember when you decided you wanted to give us all a heart attack and make Mommy have an emergency c-section?) but we wouldn't have it any other way cause that's just how our Pax is. I love our silly (and sometimes confusing) conversations, our silly fights, your stubborness (wonder who you get that from?) your humor, and your love for your little sister. You are my favorite son and I love you so much, kisses, hugs and nose kisses from your Mommy (that's the order we do it at night before bed).

Coming Soon....I Promise!

I meant to do at least 2 posts this week, with pictures, and help spruce up my friends blog too. Guess how many I did? NONE! Why? Oh maybe cause I am a walking zombie due to a sick baby who hasn't slept in a week because of double ear infections that the FIRST round of antibiotics couldn't cure so now we are on a new one and PRAYING (begging, pleading, crying) that she sleeps tonight or else Mommy and Daddy might need to be committed.

So I promise, this weekend, blogging will commence. And Brandi, I will get to your blog eventually as well, don't lose faith in me girl!

As for working out? Pshaw! Hasn't happened, at all, not even once, all week. Well unless you can't yoga (don't think you can) which is now my new love and wish it burned as many calories as running cause I sure as heck could get outta bed at 5:30 a.m. everyday to do THAT!!! So next week I am buckling down and running my little buns off (and by little I mean BIG). Again, Brandi don't lose faith in me, you're training and hard work with me has not gone to sh#* and next week is a new week......as long as baby girl will get healthy, stay healthy and for the love of all things good and fair, SLEEP!!

Here's a preview of posts to come:

Holla holla!! Mama busted out the overalls!!! And doesn't baby girl look so stinkin cute in them?

Watchin Daddy, brother and Papa grill out (please excuse the dirty window, no point cleaning in when Harper plays on it daily)

Guess who started soccer? Guess who loves it? PAXTON! (Did you already guess that?)

Stay tuned.....

Harper 9 months

I have been in a blogging funk lately. There just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day to do it!! I dunno how you girls blog DAILY!! I wish I had your dedication. Maybe I am just too slow at it, cause it takes me like an HOUR to do one post. Geez.

But anyway....this post is about who else.....Harper! I feel bad cause I do all these posts on Harper but none on Pax, so that's my next post. However, I don't have a baby book for Harper like I do for Pax, so this blog is kind of her baby book of her first year. At least that's what I tell myself so I can sleep at night :)

Well baby girl is 9 months now. I didn't do a post for 8 months because she wasn't doing anything new from 7 months, well THAT and the fact that I kinda forgot to do one. But NOW she is doing so much.

-Crawling all over

-Standing up on her own

-TRYING to walk, she thinks she can so she will just let go of the chair/couch/toy/etc and just try to walk and then BAM down she goes (picture below shows the result of one particular bad fall). I think she sees big brother walking and so she automatically assumes she can.

-Eating some table foods. Green beans, mashed potatoes, bread, shredded chicken, ham, crackers, cheerios, and her favorite.....sweet potato fries from Willies (that's my girl)

-Waving bye-bye, blows kisses, claps her hands, plays patty cake, signs "more" (we are working on eat, drink, milk), stretches arms above her head when we say "so big"

-Sleeping from 8 pm-6am, has a bottle and then goes back down until 7 am, SOMETIMES she will sleep straight through till 7.

-Has 2 bottom teeth. Wow THAT process was fun by the way, runny nose, fever, awful diapers, diaper rash, and enough drool to fill a horse trough. Can't wait for more teeth to come in and go through all that again!

We are working on the sippy cup, I want to be totally done with the bottle by 12 months! That's only 3 months away........HOLY MOLY! She plays independently really well, Pax always wanted constant interaction with us when he was her age, but she is perfectly content to sit on the floor and play with her toys (or big brothers) quietly. LOOOOOOOOOVE IT.

I am already thinking of 1st birthday party ideas (waaaahhhhh!!!) Think we may do a combo party with cousin Aiden who will turn 2 only 3 days after her. We are thinkin a little buckeroo party, can you picture it? Tutu, cowboy boots, big bow......gah, I die!!!

Here a some pics of her from the last 2 months since I didn't do a post on her last month. Some of the dates on the pics are wrong, 2008 really? I think not.

POSER!!

Her favorite place to go, brothers room. She will play SUPER quiet in there because I think she doesn't want to get caught by Paxton and get kicked out.

First goose egg, she was standing by the couch and turned and tried WALKING to the coffee table, and (duh) fell and hit her head ON the coffee table. Needless to say, it is now in the basement (the table not the baby).

Side note: this post took an hour to do!! It doesn't help that I have a cranky little boy who is throwing fits about EVERYTHING (he was just crying cause his nose was running so I wiped it with a tissue and he said "don't take boogers out of my nose!! REALLY, WTH!!) and a baby who is trying to chew on the computer, the cord, my shoe, the couch, her brother

EVERYTHING!.....I need a drink (kidding!)