Lovin' this weather!

After a very crappy beginning of the week (weather wise), the end of the week is great, besides all of us having colds! What's up with that? Ray is walking like crazy, he got another tooth yesterday, that makes 8, he is working on a molar! His poor mouth, the bump he has back where the molar is coming in is huge!!! It really doesn't seem to be getting him down though.

Here are LOTS of pictures from tonight,

Ok, this one is from last night, he is getting in trouble, he knows he's not allowed to put his hand on the fireplace glass fire or no fire....

Look at my big boy walking...."push baby push" Ray loves to push stuff, I guess it makes him feel like a big strong boy....He was watchin' the BIG boys ride there bikes! "Don't worry baby one day you will be riding your BIG boy bike too"....I just thought this was cute....One cool Dude, in his custom wagon....I know I am little strange, but I think I "captured" a moment here....and here....Even Gabrielle is lovin' this weather, she is just beside her self to have all the windows open....I hope to have more pictures this weekend, the weather man says its going to be a nice one. Alvin and I are going "out" tomorrow night. We are going to see a band with his mom, dad and some girls I work with. I am looking forward to it. We haven't been out in a very very very long time! Ray is going to have a sleep over at Aunt Dawn and Uncle Steve's house! I'm sure he will have lots of fun with his cousins! I, like always am getting sad when I think of leaving him, but I know he will be in good hands and its not for long. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Bye for now!

Fun evening outside!

Today was absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! So after Alvin and I got off work and before Dinner, we headed outside. Steve and Dawn gave us a baby swing, well lets just say Ray loved it!!!

I just think this picture is tooooo funny! Everything is good! Since I have been working Mondays, the weekend cant come fast enough! I am so ready to be with Ray by Thursday, I miss him so much and really miss "my" day with him. In the summer, I will be getting off at 3:00 on Wednesday, so I'll get some more time with him. It just seems like the nights are so routine, pick Ray up, head home, dinner, clean Ray up from dinner (sometimes, that's a chore in its self), I do the dishes while Daddy and Ray play, maybe sit down for 5 minutes (to catch my breath), give Ray his bath (my favorite time), get Ray ready for bed, give him his milk, we play for a 1/2 hour or so, brush Rays teeth, change his diaper, rock him (my favorite time), he sleeps! That leaves me about 1 hour to do anything that needs done (and by the looks of my house, I am just sitting on my butt for that hour :). Don't get me wrong I wouldn't change it for the world, I just wish there was MORE time!!!!!! They grow up so so so dag gone fast! Who ever started making work time longer than family time should be shot! I guess I should have gone to school to do something to make lots and lots of money, and then I wouldn't have to work this much! But then again, if I had done that I wouldn't have Alvin and Ray, so that said I will keep this life and love and complain about it! (I really am smiling the whole time I'm writing this:)

Enough of the bitching, these are a couple of pictures I took this morning before I left for WORK :)

I just think he is so cute!Bye for now!

Update on my mom

It has been awhile since I wrote about my mom, so I thought I'd give an update! For last couple of months she has been dealing with severe depression! She didn't want to eat or talk to anyone, all she wanted to do was sleep! We have been very worried about her. She called me yesterday, (that was a great surprise!) She told me that she went to have blood work on Friday, and they sent her over to the hospital for a Blood Transfusion because she was severely anemic. Then they did another dose of Chemo yesterday, and how ever they "measure" the cancer, it does seem to be getting smaller! GREAT NEWS!!!! She goes for a Cat Scan on Thursday to make sure everything is looking good in there! She has lost 30 lbs since all this started (mid january). Hopefully this is the path that will lead her to happier times.
Bye for now!

Here comes Peter Cotton Tail!

Happy Easter! Hope everyone enjoyed themselves. We spent the day at grandma and grandpa Jones' today, but 1st the Easter bunny paid Ray a little visit. He didn't leave much just a big Stuffed Bear and a movie. There isn't alot of candy Ray can eat yet, but he did get some from grandma and grandpa.

Ray on his 1st Easter egg hunt. I realized after I got to their house that I had nothing to put on Rays feet, so I ran to the Dollar general store to see if they had anything, the only thing there was generic crocks. They were only $4.00 so I got them. Ray hated them!!!!!! They didn't fit very well, what do you except from $4 dollar "dollar general shoe's" (no offense, for those of you who wear shoes from there, I need to go back, they had alot of neat things there) So anyway, we decided he could go in his socks, and he did fine!

Ray and his cousins, we got some family pictures while we were there, that was so comical, we all laughed very hard about those, but they did get a few good ones!We had a good day. I just cant believe it was Ray's 2nd Easter!

Bye for now!!

Busted lip #2

We got another one! Ray is not allowed to crawl on grandma & grandpa's kitchen floor again! (that's what grandma says) She even put a gate up so he cant go in there! It was pretty much the same thing as last time, this time his lip is worse! My poor baby!

I went into Ray's room to wake him up and he looked so sweet again, I had to take another picture, and yes, he does wear other pajama's, can you see him holding onto his crib bar?Ray is walking alot more! He still really hasn't figured out how to start walking without starting from an object or us, he has done it maybe once. He looks so cute when he walks, he's so so so proud of himself! Look at the "big" boy,Another picture with him in a hat! I love him in one (I love him all the time :) He just looks so cute!Over all I think my boy is pretty darn cute!!!!!! Can you tell?

Bye for now!!

Easter Bunny

Ray got to see the VERY scary Easter bunny. I'm sorry but this bunny was scary! We went shopping at Wal-mart on Saturday and they were doing complimentary pictures with him, well needless to say he didn't like him, (I really don't blame him) The lady asked if I still wanted the picture taken, "of course I do", this is a classic picture, too funny!

On a different note, Ray has had a spot on his upper belly for awhile now, I have been treating it with Hyrocortisone cream, (if you can remember his rash from past postes, this is how the Dr. told me to treat it) and its not getting any better, in fact, it has been getting worse. I also noticed last night that he had little bumps on his back. He had also been running a fever late last week. So I called the Dr. today and they wanted to see him, now that I am working Mondays again, I asked grandma to take him to the appointment. The rash got progressively worse as the day went on. He has "Roseola" I guess its a virus and will go away. But he sure looks miserable, but he really doesn't seem to be bothered by it. These are not very good pictures but I think you get an idea of it

Thanks to grandma for taking him to the Dr. :)

I went in to wake him up the other morning and look how sweet he was, it was so hard to wake him up when he was this peaceful.Bye for now!

Busted lip

Well my boy has his 1st busted lip! He was at Grandma's today and he was "sprint" crawling across her kitchen floor, well his arm went out from under him and BAM he hit the floor! I'm sure there will be more of these to come!

Look at that lip and those eyes!

I had to post this one of my "cool" guys in there hats! Ray wont keep a hat on for any amount of time so I had to snap this fast! He looks like he's pointing at you saying "I know we are cool, what more do yo expect"Bye for now!

The other video I wanted to post!

It took so long to upload the last video, that it was my time for me to go to bed, so here is the other, I think it is so funny, Ray makes me laugh! It was at lunch the other day and this was what happened! He's going to love me so much when he's older for posting this!

Yep, this one took just as long if not longer to upload! Now I see why I don't do video's that much!

Bye for now!

Guess who's walking!!!!

Ray took lots of steps repeatedly the other night, Oh, it is so much fun to watch him! This was Wednesday night, I think he enjoyed preforming for his mom and dad. Everybody tells me that our "fun" is about to begin, my thinking on it, it should be so much easier for him to get around, he can go outside and be put down and just seems like he will be able to do more. (I think that is what people are talking about, he's going to get around alot more, that's what they mean by "fun")

I was going to post another video but this one took "forever" to upload, and its time for me to go to sleep, so I will post another when I have more time!

Bye for now!!

The BIG move!

This weekend we (not really me I was on Ray duty) helped move Alvin's mom and dad into their new house! It is very nice, it is quite a change from what they left, here are a few pictures from our weekend at the new house,
The HouseRay on the stairs, the 1st day he couldn't get up them, the 2ND day, he could climb them!At the park that is 2 doors down from their house,I think it's been awhile since Ray has been on a swing, he didn't like it so much, this wasnt the reaction we got from him in October 2008 on our camping trip, he liked it then

Ray and I hung out in the backyard for awhile, I had to try and keep Ray away from his daddy and grandpa every now and then, cause Ray really wanted them!Harley and Boomer enjoying the sun and new backyardCutie in her new house

It was a good weekend to move, (if there really is ever a "good" weekend to move) I cant wait to see the house all set up!

Bye for now!

My baby isnt a baby anymore!

We have gone 4 days without a bottle! That just seems like the end of the "baby" stage, and it makes me so sad! Now having said that, I think of the money we will save by not buying formula! I know we will just put it towards something else, like MILK! We go through it alot faster now! I really cant believe how easy it was!

Here are a few picture of my baby with his bottle

Ray also had his 1 year check up this past Monday! He got a clean bill of health! He weighed in at 20lbs 11.5oz, and he was 30 inches long. That is quite a change than when he was born! He is only 29% in his weight and 59% in his length. He had 3 shots, his Chicken Pox, MMR, and Hep A, he also got his finger pricked to check his hemoglobin, it was good, she said anything under 11 they worry about and his was very good at 13. During his shots I didn't shed any tears! I was a big girl!

Things are finally settling down around here, but this weekend will be a different story! Alvin's mom and dad bought a house and it is the weekend we move them in! I am so happy for them! My next post will probably be move in day

Bye for now!

Just a little info

Just so everyone knows, on my "Happy Birthday Sweetart" post, I didn't miss spell "sweetart" that is what I call Ray, I have called him that since we were in the hospital with him! My lovely friend Dawn brought that to my attention today, I didn't think you all might think I miss spelled it. I just wanted everyone to know.
Bye for now!

The Birthday Party

We had Ray's birthday party yesterday. We had a great time, there were so so many people here. It was just what I wanted. Both my sisters came, I am so happy that they could both come for it. My mom and dad were unable to come due to my mom's health. She just isn't feeling well enough to have had made the trip. They were greatly missed, but we also understood. A few of the girls I work with came too with there children. Alvin's family was here as well. I asked Ray's Aunt Dawn and Uncle Steve to take pictures of the party, They are so good with taking pictures and Alvin and I wanted to concentrate on video and Ray. I am so glad I had them do it cause we got some great pictures! So "Thank you Steve and Dawn"

We got great great news yesterday also, Alvin's little brother Mike and his wife Rachel are expecting there 1st child! I cant wait! My sisters informed me that as soon as I found out, I started barking advise. "please, please, lord don't let me be like that" so I will have to stop that!!!!! Here are some pictures of "the moment" that we found out, I just wish you all could of heard my reaction when I found out, I almost cry just thinking about it, "Congrats Mike and Rachel, I cant wait to see the little guy or girl"

Here are some (lots) pictures of Ray's day

The sign I had made

Ray before the party really got startedElmo cake that I got a great deal on at Sam's Club, it was a great hitRay and Elmo, Elmo had a "messed up foot"With ALL his presents, "thank you everybody"This is just to cute not to postThis picture didn't turn out at all how I had planned, I really don't know what I expected with a bunch of kids, but I think its funny and love it regardlessYummy cake, that he had no part of, but mommy sure liked itRay's future wife, KaylaThe End

Bye for now1