Just Another Monday--

April is almost over- geeze, this year is going by so fast!! We had a fabulous weekend, spending it with our family :) Friday, Cam and I went to my momma's house, and dyed easter eggs and played some baseball "toddler style" haha. Saturday we went to her house for Easter Dinner!! Ham, smoked turkey, scalloped potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, desert!!! YUM haha. Then Sunday we went to my Aunt's for my dad's side of the family for dinner. Wings, Brisket, Ham and lots of sides. I always love seeing all my family and eating some good food! The Easter Bunny came to visit my baby boy at his "mawmaw's" "papa's" & his "ma's" along with ours so he got TONS of easter baskets lol. Lots of chocolate and toys :) He was a happy boy all weekend, and slept REALLY good last night!!

Now it's monday, and really gloomy outside :/ Goes along with my mood right about now... The Easter Bunny at my mom's brought Chris and I a Chipotle gift card, so hopefully that will make me feel better at dinner time lol. I hope everyone was able to have a wonderful weekend of family time!!

xoJen

daddies don't just love their children every now and then...

When I hear the word "Daddy" I think of my dad. He worked hard for everything he's ever had, he gave my brother and I a wonderful life, he's been there for me through thick and thin, and he's the most amazing man in my life. I set high standards for who I would marry and have children with. When I was younger, you had to prove a lot to me in order to date me and if my daddy didn't like you, it most definitely wouldn't have worked out haha. I met my husband in September of 2006. We were immediately joined at the hip and I knew he would be who I spent the rest of my life with. I knew this all because of the way he was with his first born son. Yes, I am a step-mom to an amazing little boy who is almost six years old and is as handsome as his daddy :) His name is Hayden and he lives in Tennessee and since the Army has became a part of our life and he's started school we rarely see him. This isn't going to get into a post about how much I dislike his mom lol although, I could go on and on... I will just say, my husband loves both of his babies more than anything in this world, and he is an AMAZING father. I wouldn't accept anything less than that with how I was raised by mine. My child deserves a daddy like I have... and he most definitely has that! I love sitting in the other room while I hear them wrestling upstairs, or watching them play outside from the window. I love that he has a new hobby of fixing power wheels up to look so cool for his son. When Cameron was born, you could not have met a prouder parent then him. He is the absolute joy of our lives... Chris wanted a girl so bad, but I know that he wouldn't have it any other way. The first four months of Cam's life was a little scary... he had RSV and was in the hospital and on breathing treatments a lot. He had colic and was not a good sleeper, and I can honestly say that we equally cared for our son, we took turns with feeding and rocking while the other slept... he was so good with our son that I honestly was scared to death that I wouldn't be able to do it on my own when he left for basic! Cameron was four and a half months old when Chris left. I never experienced a deployment while he was in the army, but I experienced the being alone, and the crying the first time Cameron said dada to a PICTURE of his daddy. I cried at his graduation when his baby was scared of him... scared of the man who took such good care of him and loves him with his whole heart. I don't know "worry" like wives of deployed husbands- but I know the ache that they get when their husband's miss birthday's & holiday's. My little boy didn't see his daddy on his first birthday because he was in AIT. Chris was gone from June 08 thru March of 09! That's 9 months... he came back to a 14 month old toddler! Who spoke sentences, because he learned to talk at such a young age. When we moved to Ft Hood, he was attatched to his daddy like crazy! They are best friends... even Cam will tell him "Your my best Dad" :) He changes diapers, deals with fits, makes him lunch, gets him snacks, buys him toys, plays guns, wrestles, hugs, kisses and loves his little man with everything he has... and I know that no matter what happens to us that he will always have his daddy. I am also proud to say that I know that he needs him... there is no reason that a woman should keep their child away from their dad. If they want to be there, whether they pay child support or whatever- LET THEM BE THERE!! If the child has the oppurtunity to have BOTH parents in their life, whether the parents like each other or not, don't deprive them of that. It's selfish and hurtful. Stepping down from my soap box now ;)

xo Jen

Jumpin on the Bandwagon ;)

So many people are starting to write blogs, so I decided that I'd go ahead and start one too ;) I love writing, so this should give me something to look back on! It's 12:20am and I'm still wide awake. Luckily Cam and Chris are still awake too or I'd be extremely bored haha! Anways, today was interesting to say the least- I am FINALLY feeling better after 6 days of having what I "thought" was the flu! I'm pretty sure now that I've looked up the symptoms, that I had salmonela- scary stuff!! I can't believe that licking the batter from the cake I made Sat. night made me so sick- but I will most def. NEVER be doing that again... EVER lol. Sorry Cam, but, you won't be either, that was just awful. So after sleeping all day yesterday except for maybe 2 hours, I decided to go get Cam's easter stuff today. He cried and cried because he wanted to come too, so the hubby went with me and kept him occupied while I shopped on my own. I really think that is one of the funnest things about being a parent. All of the holidays!! We came home to our front door locked... great you may say, but NOT great when your husband didn't tell you that the keys he used didn't have our house key on it lol. Good thing he's got and amazing uncle!! We went to his uncles house and they took a ladder and Chris had to climb up to our bedroom window. It's a good 30ft in the air considering we have a walk out basement! Our window just happened to be cracked so he climbed through it and unlocked our door :)

Other than not having our keys- I had a pretty relaxed day! Tomorrow (or later today lol) is my dad's girlfriend's grandaughter's first birthday! She is the cutest little girl- can't believe she is already 1! Time goes by so quick and I guess I should know that, since my baby is already THREE! :(  I got a new SD card for my camera since Zeus ate mine lol... and I will be taking lots of pictures of the birthday princess!! So I'm gonna go get my baby ready for bed and write some more tomorrow.

xo Jen