My son has been entered in the "Cutest Baby Contest" for the Picayune Item (local newspaper from Jason's hometown!)
Check out his sweet smile on their website- www.picayuneitem.com

10 Random Thoughts

1. I really, really love Diet Coke. It's a problem. I need to drink more water- but I don't care. I really like Diet Coke.

2. My son is growing up too fast. He is almost 1 year old. He took his first steps this weekend (about 4 steps) and I almost cried. Babies are not babies very long.

3. I do not understand reality TV. And I feel like the only one in the world. I don't like Idol, Dancing, Survivor... I just can't get into them.

4. I miss reading. I used to spend hours in the library- and would sometimes take a day to myself just to read. Then I had a child. I guess I'll probably read again- but not for a while.

5. I could be reading right now- oops.

6. I hate laundry. Specifically, I hate putting the clean clothes away. I can handle the washing, drying, and folding- but then they stay in the laundry basket for weeks. It's pathetic.

7. I need a haircut.

8. I am running out of ideas...

9. Ummm...

10. I have the greatest pillow- it was my Mother's Day gift. A Tempurpedic contoured pillow. It weighs a ton- but it is wonderful! And now I am going to bed. Good night!

OK- I am officially the worst blogger in history! I knew I would be bad at this, but geez! Even I am amazed at how bad I really am.

Lying in bed at night, I think terribly deep thoughts- wonderful blog thoughts- that I know I need to post- right then. But it's night- and I'm tired... I'll do it in the morning. Except that I never remember the wonderful thoughts in the morning! Then at lunch, while I'm feeding James, I have another deep, wonderful philosophical thought... but by the time I finish feeding Monkey, and clean up, and get him focused on something other than the computer (he recently found the delete button!) I have once again forgot what I thought about.

It's a recurring theme- and I have no excuse. James is sleeping through the night, I'm not stressed out, and at the moment I'm only doing one Bible study! (I'm usually involved in two.) But for some reason, I cannot remember anything from one second to the next! Apparently my brain is still addled from the pregnancy! :) (Can I still use that as an excuse when my son is almost 11 months old?)

Oh well- hope you enjoy the pictures. And I will try very hard to update Facebook tonight, too. Unless I get tired, and forget about it, and go to sleep instead. I'll do my best! ;)

Out for a walk!

OK- bear with me, I know this is very dark- but enjoy!!

I faced one of my worst fears over the last two weeks.

James was sick, I was sick, and Jason was out of town training with the Guard. Yikes! Suddenly I realized how very far away all of our family is. We made it, but I did have to call in reinforcements- Jason's mom, then Jason. (I got him to come home early- luckily, they finished training early and he was able to come home.) But we made it! And we are all healthy now! (Including Jason, who caught the flu from me! Oops!)

It is amazing to me that James will be nine months old next week. He is growing up so fast! He is crawling everywhere, and pulling up on everything. Now we are seeing his stubborn side- when he wants something, he goes for it- no matter how many times we stop him! Needless to say, I don't relax as much as I used to! But it is so much fun, too!

Hopefully, things will start to slow down here- and there will be lots of pictures to follow!

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