Happy Father's Day

If I sat here and wrote about how I was one of those girls that grew up just knowing I wanted to be a mother some day I would be lying ( to clarify- I obviously would not change it for the world now and I did want to be a mommy before Will this is referring to highschool/college.) My childhood was kinda crazy marriages, divorces ,every other weekend visits, etc so marriage and kids werent always top priority on my adulthood list. But I can honestly say that when I met my husband I just knew. I saw the way he interacted with children in his family and that made me realize that even if I didnt think I had what it took to be a mom I knew he had what it took to be a dad and that made me want to have children with that man more than life itself. We found out we were pregnant with Will right around on one year anniversary And he has yet to let me down and he amazes me more every day. Sure I'd like to give him a big swift kick in the tail some time but I could not ask for a better husband or father to our sweet Will. Heres a little walk through the past two years of fatherhood.

Dear Daddy

I cant write yet so I told mommy what to write.

I love you sooooo much!

I love watching baseball with you and sharing tombstone pizzas

I love brushing my teeth next to you. I love giving you nose kisses and playing airplanes

I even love pulling my diaper off bc I know it drives you crazy

and I love that you taught me how to say ding dong so I can always embarrass mommy.

I cant wait to grow up and be like you some day,

until then I will continue to wait patiently till you get home from work each day so I can run to the door and give you the biggest hug ever

I am so glad you are my daddy

and ps I love when mommys at work bc I get to steal her side of the bed and snuggle with you!

Your biggest Fan

Love

Will

FireTrucks & The Trolley

So Saturday Joey and I decided to spend the afternoon downtown. Joey just recently had jury duty and spent a whole week downtown and he said that it seemed like a lot of fun. We decided to take Will to the Fire Museum, he has a slight obsession with firetrucks ( woo woos) so we knew he would love it. Well he did not prove us wrong, we let him run free and his was as happy as can be. They have two fire engines in there that the kids can climb in and play around on. They even had a pole to slide down ( if you look closely in the collage you can see my " big" kid enjoying himself as much as my little one lol).

After checking out the useum we hopped on the trolley, after a small photoshoot on the tracks. Wills eyes lit up, he kept say ing he was on a train. Despite the heat he did very well. We took the riverloop and for some reason our trolley decided to stop for about 20 minutes- not to sure why) But we made the best of it ( or should i say this delay gave me even more time to take pics of my little booger).

I look forward to taking him down there more often. I think we may visit Mud Island next, Joey has never been and I think the tram ride would be fun for Will and then we can walk along the river walk.

My Little Swimmer

This has been our daily routine for the past week or so. My little man loves the water. And mommy loves the long naps he takes after his water activities hehe. No really it has been so much fin watching him learn to swim and seeing the pure excitement in his face when I say it is swim time. More pics coming soon!

Adventures in Potty Training

Yeah so I am not quite sure how I feel about this "stage" in our life lol. So for two days we have tried and for 2 days we have well.....FAILED! Im thinking he is just not ready, and that is fine, we arent in any rush or race.. I only attempted because he was all about telling me when he pee'd and poo'd and his diapers were dry for a good majority of the day. Well to start I got all the goodies ready, the potty, the treats the distractions and we were good to go. There was just one problem. Will HATES the potty. We only had one accident over the two days but he did NOT want to sit or go for the that matter on the potty ( little or big potty-both were equally hated). I managed to distract him long enough on two occasions to actually sit there and pee on the potty and then praised him non stop but then after recieving only one fruit snack for his good deed a full meltdown occured. And did I mention the two rare occasions that he sat on the potty distracted were in the midst of all the other epic meltdowns which required me holding him down on the potty ( pretty sure thats not gonna help the cause). So for now we will have a diaper wearing kid in the house a little longer. If he shows interest again I will be more than happy to try but this go round is feeling more like a force and it has not been fun!

Iphone Photo Dump

So everyone else does these little dumps from their iphones and thought it would be neat to participate, seeing as I probably take most of my personal photos with my phone opposed to my big fancy camera. So what all has been going on in the bousson household you might ask?

Well...

1. Joey was on jury duty the week of Kenny Chesney but had been getting out early everyday...EXCEPT the night of the concert. Luckily he made it home in time and all we got there just in time to see Kenyy come on stage.

2. Before the Memphis Summer Heat rolled into town we were playing outside lots!

3. I love watching my little booger nap he is just to cute. I love that he is getting bigger and learning so much but at the same time I hate to see him grow so fast.

4. My husband thought it would be cute to give himself a mullet for Italian Fest ( what mullets have to do with italians I will never understand. He even went so far as to wear jorts and a wife beater with workboots one night..Sexy!

5. I asked Will what he wanted for lunch and he kept screaming he wanted pizza for lunch, I told him we didnt have any but apparently I was wrong. He went to the freezer and proceeded to pull this out.

6. We had a cake cake breakfast at McD's the other day it was bunches of fun!

7. Will loves to paint who knew ?! Guess I need to start thinking of crafty things to do to keep him busy during this heat!

8. right before Memorial Day the birds and bee exhibit was open to members only and the kids got to feed the birds for free. Will had a blast. I will have to post the video on here, we will definitely have to do this again.

9. April and May were flood and tornado months here in the midsouth. I saw this on tv and didnt think it looked to good.

10. And lastly I know I have mentioned that Joey and I are making plans for baby #2 ( when I ever get pregnant) so we were looking at the chinese calendar at work and looky there if i conceive anytime from now through the end of the year it predicts that it will be a boy. I dont really care either way. but thought it was funny that every single month is boy, boy, boy hehe! Atleast I would know how to handle a little boy, but like I said I have to GET preggers first!

So anyways I though that would be a fun little pic post, and truth be known i just downloaded picasa and wanted to check out the collage aspect of it. Now i just need to work on the resizing! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I have one more night at work and then its off to attempt potty training week 2011 ( check out my previous post) We may not be successful but Will is showing a lot of the signs that articles list as indicators that your child might be ready ( dry diapers longer throughout day, verbalizing when they pee/poo, etc) He hates actually sitting on the toilet so we will see I am armed with treats, books and big boy pants so Wish Me Luck!

So I caved

yeah you read it right my facebook strike is over. I knew I would prob cave at work ( in attempts to keep my brain awake lol). Not to mention I miss posting pics of my little guy as well as seeing pics posted by all my friends ( im pretty sure everyone knows i love me some pics). I am not going to put it back on my phone though and a little birdie told me the internet will be banned at work so I dont think I will have to much trouble staying off of it. Besides the best way to learn control is to face something head on-cold turkey is easy, overcoming the temptation is the real kicker :)
And for anyone who has noticed-yes I have been in a bad mood lately, for a lot of reasons but I am working through it and hope to get out of this funk soon and I have chose not to air my dirty laundry on here bc I just cant be bothered with it anymore
BUT...
in case anyone was wondering the best place to find out whats going on with me is to ask me and no one else and to not ASSUME others know what they are talking about (havent we learned what happens when you assume).
the fact of the matter is that some people are just mean and they will always be mean and you can let them get you down like I have or you can get over it, which is what I am working on. Ok I think that is all I wanted to say ( sorry I got a little excited)

oh and p.s I am still taking pics, just in moderation and I will not be so readily available so if there is a delay in my response time its bc im busting my tail to be the best mom I can be to a feisty little 2 yr old who is finally becoming a mommas boy and that is just fine with me... I LOVE IT! :) thanks for your understanding!

Potty Training

I totally just came across this post over at East Memphis Moms and we will be trying this this coming up week!

Big Boy Haircut

The duck tails are gone and mommas little baby looks like a Big Boy :( I must admit I love it he just looks so big. These pics don't do the new do justice we will have to have a photo shoot to capture all his cuteness! I will say this hair do goes more with his mischievous ways these days. We have been having so much fun lately. Just this morning he rolled over in bed and ask me for a boom and then a tater ( they are the same thing you know a fist tap ) it was precious! I work the next two nights and I really am gonna miss this little guy!

STOP....Bubble Time!

ok so this afternoon has been so much fun! Despite the heat wave we are experiencing ( I guess this means summer is officially here) we managed to get a good hour in outdoors after MDO. I found this cheap bubble chine-as in machine, atleast that is what Will calls it. Anyways I picked it up at Walgreens and it was a total hit. Its basically a fan you dip in bubbles and then turn on. It makes huge bubble-but of course I couldnt master blowing the bubbles and taking pics so the bubbles Will is blowing arent even half as huge as they get. Between the bubbles and singing Ring round rosy (ring around the rosy) and playing some t-ball we had ourselves a good old time. I love taking pics of my boy so here are some to look at!


On a totally personal level I am super bummed. At my weigh in at the gym I am up 2 lbs ( bon jovi and kenny chesney are sure to blame but I will just tell myself that muscle weighs more than fat lol) and my body fat is still 21.5. I can definitely tell that I have slacked up, I was talking to my trainer and I said I wanted my goal to be a body fat below 20-im might have said 18 :) and he said we should also shoot for a weight goal of 147...WHAT excuse me I havent weighed that much since like sophmore year of college?!?! But I am toall on board with these goals which means my diet part has got to start kicking into gear so if you see me out motivate me to not reach for that fried food portion or that ice col adult beverage haha. Since I am apparently not having any luck in the baby department ( i know I know its only been 2 months) then I am gonna try to get as skinny as a can before getting as fat as I know I will. I will be sure to post stats next month- to keep myself accountable! Hope everyone enjoys their week and dont forget Italian Fest is this weekend....FUN FUN FUN!

Unplugged and Updating

I feel like the posts have been lacking pics so here is some serious pic overload. I wouldve posted even more but blogger is being super slow so this is as far as I got before the Nyquil has started kicking in lol.

Outside Water Fun at my friend Laura's house

I dont think I ever posted these Easter pics

Kenny Chesney at Snowden Grove

And not to forget Bon Jovi

Every post needs some pictures hehe. And as for the title "unplugged" as of 4 pm today I deactivated my facebook account. With the exception of a few attempts to check it on my phone I am happy to report that I survived lol. I remember a life before facebook and thats what I am gonna try to get back to Im just kinda over the whole social media thing. Im even thinking about ending this blog or possibly going private we will see. I dunno how to explain it ( well I do but I would probably offend someone-I tend to do that a lot these days) basically I want to get back to REAL life. I will say I am a worry wart so instead of worrying about everybody elses business I am gonna worry about me and make myself HAPPY again! I have a wonderful hubby and a fabulous son who are a lot more worthy of my attention than things on the computer :) So if you need me you can email me/call me ( disclaimer-it may take me a couple days to get back to you people who know me well know im not that best at punctuality-sp?) Maybe I will get back on fbook maybe i wont who knows. I plan to start writing more fun happy picture posts. I want to get back in the habit of photographing my child to document his childhood. I love pictures and despite the few times Ive wanted to chunk my camera out a window lately I know I can get back to where I wanna be I just have to focus :)