Talent.

Where did this talent come from?

First of all, he's two!

Secondly, Lee and I neither one can draw. In fact, these faces that Connor drew are just about as good if not better than what we can muster up.

You can clearly see the faces he is drawing.
He's really funny about because this is what he does:

Picks up the marker and pauses for a minute.
Then says: "Hmm....Let's draw...Elmo". "Ok, draw Elmo"
The proceeds to draw Elmo or Grouch or Zoe or whomever he decides.
Unbelievable.

Relax.

Driving down the road the other day, Connor was pitching a fit because he wanted a pair of sunglasses.

That, of course, were behind my seat on the floor. Out of reach.

Repeatedly, over and over, he asked for them.

I kept telling him that I couldn't reach them, and that I was driving.

Finally, clearly frustrated, I raised my voice a little higher and enunciated each word. Ya know, to get the point across........

That. I. Could. Not. Get. Them. While. I. Was. Driving.

So, Connor responds by saying "Mommy, you need to eelax"..........*sigh*

Yes, he told me to "eelax".

Or in other words Relax.

And then let out a big sigh, as if to say I was frustrating him.

Two is a little too big.

First time.....

Carving a pumpkin!

Naturally it had to be Blue's Clues.

Connor just dove right in!

Connor cleaned the pumpkin.

Daddy designed the pumpkin.

Mommy carved the pumpkin.

Connor kept saying "Good job Mommy, Good job!"

Corn and Pumpkins.

My Mom and little brother were in town and we decided to take the kids to the Corn maze and Pumpkin patch.

Good 'ole fashioned fall fun.

Playing chase.

Big Corn Maze.


No....You can NOT eat that corn.

Punching the maze card!

Getting lost.

Kid sized tractors.

Choosing the right pumpkin is hard!

Got mine!

Got mine!

Ahhh........ I love fall.

This week.

This week I realized that at 28, I still need my mama.

I am so grateful that she was here this week, and that she was able to help me.

Connor came down with strep first. Then I did, and it turned into bronchitis.

THEN......

I got the flu two days later.

Lee had some major stuff going on at work, and was there almost round the clock, and was completely unavailable to me.

My mom is one of those super, multi-tasking, can-do-it-all, mothers that I am very blessed to have.

It's nice to know that at 28, I still have my mama to take care of me.

Boomsday.

The largest Fireworks show in the nation.

Definitely one of my favorite events that Knoxville puts on.

Unfortunately, my camera battery was dead, and I only got a few shots. Waterfall fireworks off the bridge. Beautiful.

Morning sickness.

Why?

Why do they call it Morning sickness?

Why don't they call it:

"All day long, from the time you wake up, til the time you go to bed, no relief, no appetite, miserable, puke when you sneeze, sickness"

Yeah, That would be more like it.

Let's not deceive anyone.

I've been robbed.

Seriously people.

My car was broken into last night.

IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY!

2 dvd players and ALL of Connor's dvds......gone.

I feel so totally violated now.

I don't feel safe in my own neighborhood now.

I hate this.

I am pretty sure that I must have scared them off while they were doing it.

Here's why:

My neighbor texted me this morning at 6 am to tell me her husband's car had been broken into.

I got up and looked at the window, and indeed saw that my car door was standing wide open.

I felt my stomach drop.

I called my neighbor(who lives two doors up, before me)and got the details of her thievery.

They took everything valuable in the car and shut the door.

My door was open......hmm.

I then talked to my neighbors two doors down, past me.

Their car was unlocked, and undisturbed. hmm.......

I then talked to my neighbors four doors down, past me.

Their car was unlocked, windows down, and a laptop computer sitting on the seat. NOTHING was missing. HUH?

You see, something woke me up last night around 2 am.

I didn't know what, but I got up to go to the bathroom.

Usually I try to do this as quiet as possible, as to not disturb Lee and Connor.

Well, this time, I had a real uneasy feeling for some reason.

So I turned on ALL the lights on my way to the bathroom (which you can see from the front of the house, where the cars are parked).

They must have seen the lights come on, and booked it.

Luckily, it stopped with us.

I am so aggravated with this situation though.

The developers of this neighborhood have decided to rent out some of the houses in this subdivision.

Well, the newest tenants have A LOT of visitors.

All hours of the night.

I know, because their music wakes me up often, as they are driving through.

Very shady looking individuals.

Drug traffic. Bottom line.


The new tenants drive very nice vehicles, and have nice things, and CLAIM that they have won the lottery.......a lot.


Hahahaha.......uh, haha. YEAH RIGHT!



I've called the developers, and informed them of all these things.



Something had better be done about it. Bottom line.



I am very irritated. I want to feel safe in my own neighborhood. Bottom line.

I knew before it did.

I had a feeling I knew, ya know?

Pregnant!!!

Approximate due date: April 19th, 2010

Good neighbors are hard to find.

I have never lived in a neighborhood with such good neighbors!

(Yes, that is Connor and Noah in a BARBIE mustang......hot, baby, hot!)

Our kids play together, and we hang out.

I love small neighborhoods!