flashback friday...

since it is getting close to troy's first birthday, i started thinking about caleb's first birthday. we were living in alabama. poor kid was sick with double ear infection but he was so good. he was always a good baby!

troy's first haircut

troy got his hair cut for the first time today. i was kind of nervous about it too. brandon's mom cut it for us and it turned out really cute. it was so weird to look at him and be able to see his eyes and ears without moving the hair first. here are some before and after shots. unfortunately, he has a double crown in the back and his hair stands straight up. now that it is shorter, it stands up even worse. we might have to start breaking out the gel....

before


after (with dirty hair)


after (with clean hair)

can you please just tell me?

last night as we were driving home, i reminded caleb that he has this baseball team meeting this afternoon. he said that he didn't want to play because he was afraid of getting hurt. so brandon started in with the discussion about not being afraid to get hurt because the pain only lasts for a little while, yada yada yada. the "be a man" talk. then we started giving examples of things we do even though it hurts but may be fun (brandon again) or for other reasons.

okay so here is where i opened a can of worms (way to go me). i asked caleb if he wanted more brothers or sisters and he said yes. i proceeded to tell him that if i was afraid of hurting that i wouldn't have any more kids. luckily, he doesn't know about wonderful drugs but back to my story..... i figured that would be the end of our discussion. well, as we were getting out of the car he asked "mommy can you please just tell me how mommies get babies out of their tummies?" (like i have been intentionally avoiding his question) my brain goes into overdrive, what am i going to tell him? okay, sometimes doctor's have to cut babies out of some mommy's bellies and (as the garage door was closing, it's really loud) that's why girls have different "bums" than boys, they push them out of their bums. i answered his question and he didn't hear a word of it....mission accomplished!!! right???

what is going on in there?

so, i was busy leaving a comment on charity's blog and i heard caleb, in the bath tub, laughing really hard. i stopped typing and listened a little closer. troy is in the bathroom. i heard water squirting, troy gasping, caleb laughing then troy laughing. are they doing what i think they are doing? i go check....yes they are! troy is getting sprayed in the face by jabba the hut (caleb's tub toy). boys......

i was tagged in february....

1.WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? i think so. i think that miss america 1979's name was summer. my middle name is leigh and my grandpa's is lee. don't know for sure or it just worked out that way.

2.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? today watching a story on the today show.

3.DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? sometimes

4.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? turkey

5.DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Yes… 2 boys

6.IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? i hope so

7.DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? noooo not me ;)

8.DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes

9.WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? probably not now. having kids makes you have less control of some things, you know.

10.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? i like POPS

11.DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Sometimes

12.DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? most of the time yes. but put a dr. pepper in front of me and i fold like a lawn chair.

13.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? dreyers ultimate caramel cup but not crazy about icecream

14.WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? hair

15.RED OR PINK?depends

16.WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my muffin top but i'm trying to work it off

17.WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my family in alabama

18.WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? blue jeans and red/orange/black flip flops

19. WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU ATE? milk and oreos, not gonna help that muffin top, oh well!!!

20.WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? something on tv, whatever brandon is watching

21.IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? green

22.FAVORITE SMELLS? fruity smells

23.WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? that would be brandon, last night from my cell phone. wow, no calls today (except annoying telemarketers, didn't talk just hung up on them)

24.FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? i love, love, love college football. i can watch any team play. i also watch tennis, suns basketball and some baseball.

25.HAIR COLOR? brown w/ old highlights (need to freshen up)

26.EYE COLOR? hazel, a lot depends on what i am wearing, change between brown and green.

27.DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No

28.FAVORITE FOOD? green salads, pasta salads, pizza and shrimp...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

29.SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings (scary movies keep me from sleeping)

30.LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? non-kid movie- forrest gump (tv version) kid movie-cars

31.WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? yellow w/ brown undershirt (kind of feel like a banana)

32.SUMMER OR WINTER? yes i love myself, oh, seasons. i like winter the best. we can actually go outside during the day and not melt.

33.HUGS OR KISSES? depends

34.FAVORITE DESSERT? don't have a favorite but i like cake.

35.WHAT BOOK(S) ARE YOU READING NOW? doctrine and covenants with family, trying to finish wicked (kind of funny when you consider the titles)

36.WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Nothing, it's just solid black

37.WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? big brother and law & order:svu

38.FAVORITE SOUND? my boys playing and laughing together, no crying baby in the middle of the night

39.ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?neither

40.WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? from arizona...orlando, florida from alabama....not sure i've been to mt. rushmore,sd and yellowstone natl. park which ever is the farthest

41.DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? i can curl my tongue and roll it.

42.WHERE WERE YOU BORN? alabama

i tag....whoever wants to do it.

recommendations please....

i am looking for a dentist to take caleb to. it doesn't matter if it is a pediatric dentist or not, just someone that is good with kids. he is a little freaked out about any kind of doctor so they would probably need to be experienced in "freaked out" kids. any recommendations will be greatly appreciated! thanks!

flashback friday..

here is a picture of brandon and me on our wedding day. unfortunately, i don't remember a whole lot from this day. everything was so rushed and busy that it all just runs together. i do remember being so excited to be getting married and starting our lives together. nobody waited for us to get to the luncheon before eating, yes, they ate without us. of course, we waited for others at their luncheons (a little bitter, yes). and the only thing we got to eat at the reception was the cake we used in the pictures. we were starved! another thing, we got married on dec. 17, 1999 and i don't think it has ever been hotter in december. we about melted!! oh well, the things we do for love (like the song)!

spirit week

this week was spirit week at school. i always enjoyed this when i was in school and wanted caleb to participate. he dressed up every day except for 80s day (didn't have a mullet or permed hair handy). they also had twin day but didn't get a picture. these two pictures are from mismatch/crazy hat day and hawaiian day. i was really surprised that caleb would do the mismatch thing. he is not keen on looking silly or drawing attention to himself but he really had fun. for hawaiian day, the shirt he wore was bought by my mom (that i forgot to pack for disney, sorry mom) and came in handy. i put it on him and he said "i don't want to wear this hawhitey shirt!" for some reason he can't say hawaii and of course i laughed at him. when he found out that other kids would be wearing their "hawhitey" shirts, he was good to go....

monster trucks???

on our way to school, caleb asked "mommy, are monster trucks real?" i told him that they were. "well, can we buy one?" i explained that monster trucks aren't something that you can just go and buy. well, he seemed to accept that. then he said "i think they cost two thousand hundred three dollars. that's a lot of money, huh mommy!" i just said "sure" (one of those mom answers when you don't know what else to say or not sure how to explain). caleb has been learning money in school and decided to put this knowledge to use....."that would be 31 dimes, 3 pennies and 1,000 nickels." it took all i could not to laugh at him. he was convinced that that was a lot of money and was so satisfied that he didn't even need my opinion....love that kid!

flashback friday

okay, so i'm jumping on the band wagon too. i enjoy reading and seeing others posts on fridays so i will try and keep up.




here is my senior cap and gown picture. i was a member of the 1997 graduating class at j.u. blacksher high school. i was involved in just about everything that there was to be involved in. before you think over achiever, it was a really small school. the school was (and still is) k-12. at that time, there was probably 500 students total, yes total. i really enjoyed going to a small school. i started and finished with many of the same people. eventhough we had a small graduating class, we were very competitive. my greatest achievement was being named valedictorian.

i still enjoy going back and visiting my old school. i recently went back for my 10 year reunion and homecoming. i had a blast, good times! go bulldogs!