Oh and one thing I forgot!

My son is a huge Trace fan, knows all the words to Honky Tonk Badonkadonk and is going to get to see him in concert on August 17th 2008 @ 8:00pm at the Illinois State Fair! I think he is as excited as I am!

More good than bad things about my son!

My son is 4 years old
My son was 4 weeks early
My son has 4 names
My son has red/brown hair
My son has blue eyes
My son makes me laugh way more than he makes me frown
My son likes for me to read to him every night before bed
My son tells me he loves me a lot and daily (and not just when he is in trouble)
My son is very well behaved in the company of others
My son just started t-ball
My son is too smart for his own good
My son is very complimentary of nice things (handbags, haircuts, cologn..etc.)
My son wished me Happy Mothers Day without being promted
My son loves vegetables and has planted his own garden
My son loves flowers and somehow suckered me into letting him plant sunflowers
My son want's his hair to grow out long like the "big boys"....fat chance!
My son likes to go to church
My son likes to pay for things with his own money...(usually just ice cream but hey)
My son knows not to hit girls
My son is very helpful both at home and at daycare
My son likes to help out around the house
My son would rather watch Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry than the new cartoons
My son can dance way better than his dad
My son is excited to be going to Disney at the first of the year
My son gets way too much stuff for his birthday and Christmas
My son likes to sit with Ray and Debbie at church on Sunday night
My son likes to share his snacks
My son likes to lay in my bed every morning and watch cartoons before going to daycare
My son doesn't miss a thing
My son thinks the movie MIB is cool and I'm trying to teach him the dance at the end
(Hey Bill, maybe your expertise would be handy for teaching him that)hehe!
My son looked just like a Hood the other day and it scared me to death!

Mostly my son is a little "mini me" which is probably why most of the time I think I am never going to survive this "being a mommy", but when the truth is really told, and I sit and think about all my son is and means to me I realize that he is the moon and the stars and the sun in the morning everyday! He is me and I am more than blessed and grateful to have him!

And So The Day After

Does anyone else out there feel like me? I think sometimes I need mommy classes to help me cope with being the mother of a 4 year old son. An owners manual of sorts......T-Ball practice started tonight and all went really well until Daegan got mad because someome wouldn't throw the ball to him....now I know, pretty 4 year old stuff I realize but it just threw the rest of the evening into a tizzy. I really need to communicate better to my son and I also need to sho him how to act using his words....Right at this very moment I don't feel like such a good mother....I know that when he wakes all will be forgotten but for now I feel like a really louzy mom. I am just going to say a praryer to God that tomorrow will be a much better day. I will take time to sit with Daegan and hold him and love on him as he pleases tomorrow when I come home. I just want Daegan to know that I love him more than life itsef and I will do what ever I can do to make his life a little easelier and help him communicate a little better.


Lord let me be the kind of mother that I know that I can be and also the kind of loving trusting spouse that I can be and the family unit that I know we can all be together! Amen/

Happy Mothers Day Mom! I Love You
Oh, and your gift when you are feeling better will be well worth it!

I won't be seeing my mother today...she has a terrible case of the shingles and due to the pain I felt keeping my 4 year old from tackeling her was a good idea! She is very much with me in my heart and my thoughts and prayers today!


Happy Mothers Day also to all of my friends, blog friends and family who share this wonderful experience. I hope your day is exactly what you want it to be!

Things Little Boys Will Do

How many of you have little boys? Or big boys? It reallys doesn't matter I don't think. I am a firm believer of the saying "boys will be boys" So I'm wondering....is there anything interesting or funny that your boy has done today? We could all you a few laughs! This is what mine came up with today...

Upon ariving home from a walk the neighbor kids (1 boy, 3 girls) were out playing in the yard and invited Daegan to join them for a while. I stil had some housework to do so he stayed and played and I went inside to finish vacuuming the LR floor. It was a decent day so I had the front door open and could see out to the front yard. I quickly caught a glimpse of Daegan out of the corner of me eye and thought it was strange he was home so soon since I had just literally walked into the house. Anyway, as I walked to the front door to see what had happened...there he was. He had run across the yard into our yard, dropped trou and was standing like a little statue peeing in the yard. Not the back yard, not the side yard...THE FRONT YARD. When he noticed me standing at the door he simply said "what, I had to pee".

Oh what do you do? I politely informed him that he could have come into the house to do that, realizing that he was completely not listening to me and the most important thing at that moment was gettin his pants back up so he could return to the neighbors to play. Yes they were all out in their yard.

The only consolation I have is that there were 3 little girls at the neighbors house and at least he did have the courtesy to come home instead of dropping his pants and doing it right there. It was good for a good laugh, put a smile on my face and even made me grateful that I have a beautiful son, no matter how mischevious he may be to raise and be a "Mommy" to.

Like I said "Boys Will Be Boys"

Favorite "Mom" Memories

Since Sunday is Mother's Day I thought we should try something fun. Just for kicks lets all post our favorite, most tear jerking, heartfelt or what we thought to be the most embarrasing moment in our lives at the time "mom memory". Now I know I don't have a lot of blog readers so please pass this site on to your friends and family and for fun lets see how many "laughing so hard I cried" moments we can get posted.

I'll go first....If any of you have mother's like mine you could fill page after page but I'll only mention a few.....

1) A few months ago when we had snow my mom at the age of 70+ went down a hill on a saucer crashing into a fence at the bottom to stop. It was great and Daegan will probably always remember it.

2) The most annoying thing was when I was still at home driving (which I have been doing since I was 8) to town if an animal crossed the road and she didn't think you were gonna stop whe would gasp real loud and throw her arm across you..Like that was gonna keep you from hitting the windshield!

3) The funniest was anytime we went mushroom hunting with my mom....OMG! To get across the crick without laughing until you peed your pants was a feat in itself! My mom has a "crazy cackle" laugh!

4) This is not really a "mom memory" as in not something she did for or to me but a look on her face. I will never forget how beautiful and radiant my mother looked when at her 50th wedding anniversary party my father (who was not in good health and could barely walk) danced with her! It was Amazing!

5) The last thing I will say is that even though we don't alway see eye to eye she believes in me. Even when I don't believe in myself! And she is thrilled to have Daegan as a grandson and it shows by her actions and the look on her face when he walks in the door of her house and says "Hi Mamaw"!

Daily Struggles

I know I am not the only woman out there that has and faces many daily issues all with husbands, children, family, running a household and working and in fact how to balance them all. I feel like I am the juggler in a circus sometimes not doing a very good job but always trying to keep the balls from hitting the floor. Well ladies, and gents the truth be told we can not do it by ourselves. We may think we can, and we may choose to take on the act and role by ourselves but I can assure you that all this does is cause chaos and strain on a relationship between you and your spouse and friction between you and your children/family and feelings of low self-worth in yourself.

I entered into a union of marriage. A partnership. This means that I am not expected to do it all by myself I just need to find the way to let go of some stuff and ask for help. Whether it be physically letting go of some of the household duties or letting go of some of my anxiety and stress giving my husband the benefit of the doubt and actually telling him when he asks "what is wrong" what is wrong. He may or may not listen, but I'm sure I would feel better having said it and who knows....maybe he is listening...maybe they tune out because they being either husbands or wives have been told time and time again that nothing is wrong and so therefore why listen. Anyway...we are trying the a new approach. Communication. After all isn't that what we are supposed to do? Aren't we supposed to be able to communicate with our partner in life? Isn't that person supposed to be our best friend and soul mate? The one we are supposed to be able to share our hopes, dreams, anxieties, feelings and thoughts with? Isn't your partner the one person in your life you are supposed to able to count on to "get your back"? Aren't you supposed to fight to the end for your partner and your children?

So here is to open lines of communication and appreciation of partners and children/family! Be respectful of those you love. Be appreciative of your spouse and children. Don't be afraid to let it go and share the burdon. Don't go to bed angry. And most of all don't forget to say "I Love You" to all including yourself!


"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family"....Virginia Satir