Carters Haul



It's that time of year again...the air is cooler, leaves are falling from the trees, and children everywhere are having growth spurts-my soon-to-be 3 year old son included. As usual, he's between sizes so to be on the safe side I bought him everything in 3T and figured even if i is a little big he'll grow into it.

I love Carters and usually if left alone, I can come out in about five minutes with a dozen or so bags all for under $50. Unfortunately, that was not the case on this past trip. This was my first time in the toddler section and if you were there and happened to notice a person walking around like a lost puppy, well, that was me. I'm used to footie PJ's, outfits, and onesies....oh no, not in the big boy section where it's only separates and {eekkkkk} higher prices.

Still, I didn't do too bad- I was in there for a little over a half hour and walked out with jeans, long sleeve shirts, and pjs...all for under $115. It's more than what I had planned on spending but the poor kid looked like a pauper in his ill-fitting pants.

After this experience, I think next time I may just bring a map.

As always, I thank you for reading this.
P.S. It's so nice to be back!!!!!!!!!!!!

Argh Ye Ready For A Party???

Apparently every kid on the planet has become obsessed with Jake The Pirate .My son is no exception. All I hear from him is "Jake" "Jake" "Jake "Jake"...

When we started talking about his birthday, a pirate theme seemed to be the obvious choice, especially now that he's older. His birthday is on Oct. 16th but due to schedule conflicts, we decided to have the party this Saturday. Since Halloween is on a Wednesday this year we decided to dress him up for the party in his costume since it would be too late to take him out on the 31st.

I already bought out Party City of all their Jake supplies, and will probably go back for more.

This year it felt different planning everything because I know how excited he's going to be. The past couple of years he was still too little to understand what was going on so I'm really looking forward to watching his reactions to everything.

All I want is for him to have a ton of fun, after all, he deserves that and so much more.

As always, thank you for supporting my blog and me :)

Argh me matey!!!!
Yo ho let's go!!!!!!

How Quickly Time Flies...Especially on A Wonderful Day

Why is it that time seems to speed up during the most wonderful of moments?

That's exactly what I asked myself last night...where did the day go?

I'd been scheduled to have off for my son's birthday ever since the beginning of January...since then life has changed for my fiance and myself. At that time he was home more but since getting promoted to full-time, I don't get to spend as much time with either of my boys during the week. It's for that reason that made yesterday so special.

The night before I decorated and filled our living room with dozens and dozens of balloons to the point where they spilled over to the steps. When my son first saw them his entire face completely lit up as he ran around screaming "Bawoons! Bawoons!" The two of us spent the entire day playing around, in fact, he didn't even allow me to sit on the couch! The only break we took from this (aside from his nap) was when he helped me bake his birthday cookies.

Later that night after his bath we read together, well, he tried, and every time he'd catch me looking at him he'd get this big smile on his face. That smile reappeared each and every time I'd walk past his room until he finally fell asleep.

I went to bed feeling so blessed and fortunate to have been able to spend some much needed mother and son time together. I truly hope that as he gets older, we continue with these moments so that he can look back knowing how incredibly loved he is.


I hope all of you are having a great day :)

How Quickly Time Flies...

9:49am...

My little boy is now three years old, it's absolutely unbelievable how fast time can move. It seems like I blinked and he went from being my little 4 pound potato to an actual person.

Before Donnie, I hadn't planned on ever having children but he completely stole my heart.  I honestly have no idea how I was able to live without him all that time.

It's so hard to describe my love for him, except to say that sometimes my heart feels so full that it's about to burst. Even on the worst days, being with him is nothing short of wonderful.
He is my everything, my reason for being. I love my fiance' and family, however, I didn't know the meaning of the word until the first time I held my little man.

Happy birthday Donnie!