"JOYSTICK"

This evening,I was organizing pictures, getting my ducks in a row, deciding which pictures/events I should add to the blog next. I have started the process of making our blog into a book for Trey and any future siblings. Each year they will have a book of "their" lives to look back upon. the monkey pictures have already been shown, i'm aware, however as i was looking through my computer i stumbled upon a series of pictures that i never really took the time to look at..but tonite, i was looking at them and i just loved the story that my sweet son was showing me.disclaimer: i did not leave him for a second with this stick and was very careful to prevent any poking of the eyes or ingestion: which is probably why i didn't catch the "lesson" at the time.

Look at his expressions, his simple, pure joy and curiosity at this "stick".

i remember now, trey, you found this stick and were just totally curious and joyfully excited about your new "find". looking at these pictures,i am reminded of the simple things in life and how easy it is as adults to lose that "joystick"....to forget what truly makes us who we are and what we stand for. as adults we tend to either get "stuckonourstick" when we should be making changes in our lives that make us unhappy, or we "lose/neglectourstick" because we are too "busy" checking the "important to-dos" off our list, or we just plain "forgetourstick" whether it be we forget what makes us who we are or we forget what makes us truly happy. trey: you reminded mommy not to "losemystick" looking at these pictures caught my attention to STOP: and "just be" for a moment, that whatever it is that "needs" to get done isn't half as important as maintaining, fueling, and adding to our own personal "joysticks". this thanksgiving i am so happy,grateful and thankful for you, trey, our son who has made our life so rich, and our hearts so heavy with pure love for you.










yes..eventually you dropped it and we had to go inside!

catch me if you can!

up up and away...

Houston: We have lift off!

this week(11.2.09) trey starting pulling up! i'm pretty sure when i walked into his room and his was 

laughing i thought maybe i had left a toy in his crib. i opened the door and found him with the biggest, glowing smile of accomplishment i have ever seen him show: i was tickled but taken off guard at how ''sad' i would feel too. its all going by so fast. i must admit, now his crib and doggie gates look more like "confinements" i think. in one of the pictures below he was trying to make a jail break out of his crib.  now he is pulling up and "cruisin" on  everything. i thought we were busy when he started crawling but this pulling up deal is a whole new game. trey: your sense of independence has grown so much this month(7months) and you no longer want to be held all time(well, unless your around a bunch of people you don't know then you want Mommy/Daddy)  you are Moving and Mobile. 

Halloween Party 2009

We had a fantastic Halloween Party! I am sad that I was too busy playing hostess, well, and drinking my wine, to snap photos of all the kiddies. However, I did snap some good ones of Tara and her "golf pro" Barton, Lovely Ladybug, Ava,  Precious "pirate" Sebastian, beautiful Izzie and Katy and David's 3month old "monkey" Enzo!  I am so sad I didn't get pics of the rest of the bunch..maybe next year. 

Costume Changes

i believe our child might change clothes more often than carrie underwood, beyonce and justin timberlake during their concerts combined. maybe since trey was playing "host" and it was "his party" he felt entitled to wardrobe changes or maybe it was because he was trying to impress his new girlfriend: Hallie 

whatever the rhyme or reason i was ready for him to stick with one.

we started off as a monkey. thinking that was too hot. didn't last long....

next we were a pumpkin

in the end trey chose his "birthday suit"....

King Trey: Your Food is Served

last night i had one of my undiagnosed(i've labeled myself) ADD moments. i decided it was high time i started cooking trey's baby food.  
first, i headed to buy some baby cooker/food processor that cost an arm and a leg: come on' its baby food how expensive does the blade need to be.Then the sales girl at Right Start guilted me into buying this cookbook that was a "must". after leaving with my goods and a my empty pockets i headed to good ole HEB and well, friends, this is how it went down.


i'm cruising down the bean aisle trying to push my cart, keep my purse on my shoulder and drink my coffee and then yes, the coffee went flying everywhere. and what did i hear, "clean up on aisle 4". i guess when your grocery shopping you need both hands to steer the cart and grab your items. 
Next, i went to the aisle with all the cans. my recipe called for "tomato puree" and all i could find was "tomato paste".....now i was reallly in a pickle.  since my husband is the wonderful cook in our family i only go the grocery for necessities: 
frozen dinners, wine, beer,laundry detergent, paper towels, mascara, toilet paper and fresh flowers. so when i came upon the puree vs paste issue i was stumped. i asked this sweet lady if there was a difference. she kindly, but her eyes told a different story, said "sweetie, the baby won't notice"...so i never got my answer and just went the paste.  as i was finishing up i grabbed some flowers and headed to checkout. in line, i started looking for my car keys (i am a repeat offender) and knocked the flowers to floor...petals went everywhere and once again i hear, "clean up at checkout 10"...low and behold its the same dude who cleaned up my coffee on aisle 4...boy was he ready for me to leave!


after arriving home i realized i needed to read the directions on baby cooker so that took some time. after i was said and done this is what it looked like: not very much. And Master Trey didn't even want a taste test! In hind sight i should have doubled or tripled the recipe...maybe next time.


My ahh moment:: i came to realize certain things:
1. keep your receipt: the baby cooker is probably going back or i might kindly give to a friend/mommy who better at this than me.
2. things i AM: a good friend, funny, a good hostess/party planner, good listener,kind,a talker,obsessed with all things paper:invitations, stationary, a multi-tasker
things i  AM NOT: organized(still waiting for Santa to bring that trait for Christmas), a cook, a photographer(i know i need classes)


I think God made us to have different talents so that we can share with others. I want to thank my friends who are organized:::You instill in me a motivation to try and better myself at this, thanks to my friends who are excellent cooks: because i'm lucky to get invited to your house to eat!, thanks to my friends who are superb photographers and photogenic because i get to see beauty and livin' life in your everyday photos.  Thanks to all my relationships for sharing with me things that I "lack" and it is my hope that i help you with your "lacks"!!!
xoxo
alli