One More Day...

For one more day he is TWO...

and I cheated and gave him his NY presents early...

he and Holt were at the dinner table just staring at everything....

so finally... I said forget it... go play... and they were off!!

he played with every single thing (and still is actually) and wants to sleep with his soccer ball.

We bought him "music" and he loves that too (which makes my music lovin' self VERY happy)

The triangle is currently his favorite....

then I couldn't pass up the following shots

of my boys

just hangin'

 and being cute

and sweet

and lovin' on each other

then of course... it was WRESTLE TIME!

(sorry, I just couldn't cut his hair yet, I'm having a hard enough time letting him turn 3)

and wrestling brought STATIC hair!!

 so dang cute

and while I soak up this moment

and allow in some sadness

(The dogs aren't happy about it either)

I can rest in knowing that the best years

are yet to come

And tomorrow... may not be "just another day" - it's a day to celebrate my baby is now a boy

he's a BIG BOY

He's THREE!!

Happy Almost Your Birthday Nugg.  TristanIsTwo signing off...

See you at www.TristanIsThree.blogspot.com!

Be a Better Man....

Yesterday was a horrible day.  Horrible.  It was my fault.  I was treated very unfairly and pretty much like a piece of dirt.  But again, it was my fault.  It was my fault because I have chosen to stay in an unhealthy situation.

I write this blog because I want you to know how I feel about things, about life.  I never want you to "wonder" what I would have thought.  So, here is what I leave you with.

• When you have the "upper hand" in a situation, never act like it.
• Never, EVER use your stature either physcial presence or "title" to make someone else feel beneath you
• Respect everyone regardless of your job
• RESPECT WOMAN... and treat them as you would want your Daddy to treat me
• Be nice to the "waitress" - if you're not they may spit in your food (or your yogurt...inside joke)
• Don't think if you cheat in life (in any form or fashion) that someday you won't get caught
• If by some sad chance you do cheat... please ask for forgiveness.. it makes all the difference in the world
• Never, EVER tolerate someone treating you like they are better than you.  Money doesn't make someone better... sometimes it makes them stupid.
• People's words are abusive and hurtful and you can't fix what you say just by saying "sorry" the stinger still stays planted... so remember you are accountable for what you say and the aftermath that follows
• Never repay evil for evil... that's God's job
• Be kind, be gentle, be gracious, share what you are blessed with and accept others generosity and pay life forward when you can.
• And lastly... if you ever just HAVE TO TELL SOME JERK OFF, do it in your head... then smile... and walk away... then call me and do it again.  That's what I do to Grandma and I always feel better!!

It is my fault that I have remained in a situation that has a ton of great days but some horrible days that have probably scarred me forever.  When you see that you are not treated well, leave.  Regardless of the cost... leave.  The damage it does to your heart and soul far outweighs ANY paycheck - I'm living proof of that.

I love you Nugg... be a better man than I even hope you to be.  Love, Mommy

Two MORE days...

I still can't believe it... and to top it off, I keep having moments like these where he seems SO big....

Little Boy's Explanation of God

Out of the mouths of the Babes--

I certainly don't think an adult could explain this more beautifully!

THIS IS FABULOUS!!!

It was written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who lives in Chula Vista , CA . He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to 'explain God.' I wonder if any of us could have done as well?

(and he had such an assignment, in California , and someone published it, I guess miracles do happen!)

EXPLANATION OF GOD:

'One of God'smain jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grownups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way he doesn't have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers.'
'God'ssecond most important job is listening to prayers An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times beside bedtime. Goddoesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off.'
'Godsees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting his time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have.'

'Atheists are people who don't believe in God.I don't think there are any in Chula Vista . At least there aren't any who come to our church.'

'Jesus is God'sSon. He used to do all the hard work, like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn't want to learn about God.They finally got tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him. But he was good and kind, like his father, and he told his father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and Godsaid O.K.'

'His dad (God)appreciated everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important.'

'You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time.'

'You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God!

Don't skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway.'

'If you don't believe in God,besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but Godcan. It is good to know He's around you when you're scared, in the dark or when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids.'

'But...you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.


And...that's why I believe in God.'

Pa Paw is getting better!!!

Is doing SO much better - HURRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Hopefully we can go see him tonight.  Friday we thought he was going to die.. SO thankful that today we see this!!

Sweet Moments

Well, in 5 days my boy is 3.  Hurts a little...but a huge part of me is so excited for what is to come.

Last night... Tristan asked me to lay with him for 5 minutes.  So I crawled into his bed, snuggled him tight, said our prayers and closed my eyes.

One of my favorite things is having my arm ticked, my hair played with or someone draw on my face.  Holt doesn't like that so much so I can't "trade" with him... however I remember all the times my mom and dad did it.  It's the best.  I've even trained some of my Ya-Ya's!

Last night Tristan started tracing my face.  It was so sweet, I didn't dare move or smile I just laid there in awe of his sweetness.  Then the tiniest little voice whispered  "EYE-YOU Mama" Tristan's way of saying I love you and then the sweetest kiss straight on the lips.

My son does many sweet things when I ask but it is very rare that Mr. Independence snuggles me.

My heart grew 15 sizes.  So while I dread him getting older... I treasure the moments where he is growing and I can see this sweet baby turning into a little boy.

So proud to call him my son and SO thankful I'm his Mommy!

EYE-YOU NUGG... EYE -YOU!!!!

Happy Birth-MONTH Nugget!

I just thought it was cute that they have his birthday listed all month!

Here's what you were learning when you turned 3 Tristan!!

HAPPY BIRTH-MONTH NUGG!!

I wanna Ban-Aaaaid Mommy

So that's what he got for his boo boo on his nose...

this kid is too much!!

Happy New Year

Nugg stayed up until about 10:30 last night and he did great!!

He danced the night away...

and ended things off with sparklers.

Daddy was sick, so that wasn't fun but it's been a rough year, this NYE "celebration" seemed fitting!

Here's to a better year in 2012!!

Sic'Em Bears - we did it - we won!!!

A little Bears a little Cowboys...

Ready to rumble!

This gave me a glimpse into his teens...

Hut - HUT - HIKE!!!!!

Go long!

Throw it daddy!

Quarterback Barber

this is what I was doing... stupid knee!

This is his version of touchdown!  We just scored!!

and he slides in....

It's 0 - 7 yeah!

now the Pez kick in and it's time to dive bomb...

Lord help me!!!!!!!

Uh oh... 7 - 7

Yeah - 7 - 14!!!

And it's peanut and pistachio time -

Simba gets in on the fun...

and we're up again!  RG III!!!  WUHOOOOOOOOOOO

Aslan will only "play" for treats!

and we're up again!!

Mama want some?

Rehydrate!

Uh oh...

Snuggle time - I LOVE this picture!

Tied - dang it!

Here (hopefully) is T singing his version of the fight song!  If it doesn't work I'll get it from Holt and upload....

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=2805633707554&set=vb.1459986026&type=2&theater

T and I were pooped and went to bed at halftime... but here is how the game played out and I was so thankful to wake up and see the news.....

Warning, warning...I'm about to give it away....

Griffin, Baylor win record-breaking Alamo Bowl (WUHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A thrilling, back-and-forth, record-shattering Alamo Bowl had barely ended when Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III already started hearing the chants.

"One more year! One more year!"

One more year? There's still the craziness of what happened Thursday night to get through first.

Griffin wasn't dazzling in possibly his last college game - and didn't need to be - yet No. 15 Baylor still pulled out an incredible Alamo Bowl victory in the highest-scoring regulation bowl game in history, beating Washington 67-56 in the wildest shootout of this bowl season or any other in memory.

If this was RG3's final showcase before jumping to the NFL, it was a gripping goodbye to watch. One of the nation's most electrifying players was upstaged by an even more exciting nail-biter that shattered the previous record for points in regulation set in the 2001 GMAC Bowl.

"We went out in style!" Griffin shouted to his teammates. He paraded the Alamo Bowl trophy around the field before taking it to the front row of the stands and his mother, who's already been looking at her son's NFL draft prospects.

Griffin said he was still catching his breath after this one.

"I want Baylor nation to enjoy this," Griffin said. "It's not about me. I've got about two weeks. I'll enjoy this the next day, and then the next day, and then I'll make it."

The previous bowl record for a regulation game was 102 total points set in the 2001 GMAC Bowl between Marshall and East Carolina. That game went to double overtime and ended with a combined 125 points - which still stands as the overall bowl record.

Baylor, which won its first bowl game since 1992, and Washington (7-6) also set a bowl record for total offense in a game with 1,397 yards.

Griffin had an unremarkable night, throwing just one touchdown pass and running for another. But Terrance Ganaway starred ably in his place, rushing for 200 yards and five touchdowns. His last was a 43-yard run with 2:28 left to seal Baylor's first 10-win season since 1980.

Washington quarterback Keith Price outplayed his Heisman counterpart, going 23 for 27 with 438 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for another three scores.

"I think we'll have a hard time this bowl season to see a quarterback play as well as he did," Washington coach Steve Sarkisian.

Griffin was 24 of 33 for 295 yards - and his only touchdown throw came on the game's opening drive.

Blown out in four other games against ranked opponents this season, the Huskies finally made one interesting. Not that it started that way after Baylor ran up 245 yards of offense alone in the first quarter - awful even by the standards of Washington's defense, which is among the nation's worst.

Then the most award-winning QB in the country suddenly stopped looking like even the best one in the Alamodome.

Price, a sophomore who threw a school-record 29 touchdowns in his first year as the starter, began cutting into a 21-7 deficit with a 12-yard scoring strike to James Johnson. Seven minutes later he tied the game when Devin Aguilar somersaulted over the goal line after catching a 1-yard lob.

The overwhelming crowd of Baylor fans - decked in green-and-gold Heisman shirts and armed with signs such as "Superman wears RG3 socks" - stood in stunned silenced. That gave way to disbelieving gasps on the next series, when the typically sure-handed Griffin fumbled after getting popped by Andrew Hudson.

After that, it was practically a free-for-all of big plays.

A 56-yard touchdown dash by Chris Polk. An 80-yard touchdown catch by Washington's Jermaine Kearse two plays into the second half. An 89-yard scoring rumble by Baylor's Terrance Ganaway. Kearse again, catching and darting for 60 yards before getting dragged down, setting up Price's fourth touchdown toss the next play.

Back and forth, back and forth. One after another. In all, five plays covered 50 or more yards, three of them for scores.

"That was crazy," Baylor coach Art Briles said.

For an Alamo Bowl short on drama and light on matchups in recent years, it was a thrilling scoring spree that overshadowed the mere novelty of featuring the Heisman winner. And that in itself was a rarity for a bowl of this stature: Not since Ty Detmer took BYU to the Holiday Bowl in 1990 had a Heisman winner played in a bowl before New Year's Day.

Plenty came to see this one.

Anticipating a surge of Heisman gawkers, Alamo Bowl officials added 800 temporary seats and opened up others with obstructed views that required ticket-buyers to sign a form acknowledging the poor sightlines. Those seats sold, anyway, and the announced attendance of 65,256 was the fifth-largest in the bowl's history.

Others had better seats.

That includes Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland, who kicked for Baylor in the late 1980s but was here on business scouting Griffin in case the fourth-year junior enters the draft. Griffin's parents, two sisters and fiancee watched the nail-biter with front-row seats.

Griffin acknowledged this week his parents are looking at his draft prospects but denies having any substantial talks with them.

Win or lose, it was an impressive finale for Washington after stumbling into the postseason losing four of its last six. Particularly against a ranked team after then-Top 25 opponents Nebraska, Stanford, Oregon and USC all crushed the Huskies by an average of 24 points.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/gameflash/2011/12/29/49547/index.html#ixzz1i1WSR2G3