It's the little things...

I love my husband. He is my apple pie, my expensive perfume, my sunshine, and my armor. He is who I want to see every morning and every night for the rest of my life. He is who I want to raise my baby boy and all of my other future children with. I've made a list of 25 reasons why I love my hubby:

1. He is a hard, hard worker. It doesn't matter if he's working for his employer or just helping a friend, his whole heart goes into his work.

2. He is protective. He gets MAD if anyone does me wrong or looks at me in Walmart. He wants me to himself and I can dig that ;).

3. He is an amazing daddy to Connor. One look at his face when he sees Connor and you just know how much he loves him. He's been changing diapers and making bottles since day 1. He also doesn't care that he has to carry a Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bag when him and little man go somewhere.

4. He smells good. I mean REALLY good.

5. His teeth are so beautiful. I could state all day.

6. He is super athletic. He excels at every sport EVER! It's really weird.

7. He takes care of me. He will use his last penny to make sure my needs are met.

8. He knows how important being a woman is to me. He let's me cook, get dolled up, and craft.... Even if that means he doesn't get to watch his favorite tv show because he's feeding our baby.

9. He offers to get me pedicures. I don't have to ask. He offers!

10. He let's me be me. If I need to cry, he let's me.

11. He makes me feel pretty. I don't have to be dressed up to feel good around him.

12. He is extremely faithful. I trust him with my heart.

13. He is open about my religious beliefs. He let's me talk about my prayers, my Jesus, my fears.... And never makes me feel wrong.

14. He is steady. He doesn't make fast changes, yet he is impulsive enough to still be spontaneous.

15. His family. I love his family. MY new family.

16. He only eats meat and cheese. So if we order fajitas for one, I get all the yummy guacamole and pico de gallo ;).

17. Dr. Peppers and Mountain Dews make him happy.

18. He is serious about his television shows. As am I....

19. He supports my dreams. He is letting me finish my education before he starts going after his own dreams.

20. His eyes are really reallllllly blue!

21. He has big dreams! And he knows how to fulfill them!

22. He is country! He likes guns, sports, big trucks, horses, and boots... But he still wears flip flops.

23. He watches Grey's Anatomy with me. This is huge. Actually, he watches anything with me.

24. He is handy! He can fix anything!

And last.... But most importantly ;)

25. He is undeniably the hottest, most gorgeous man I've ever laid my eyes on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehe

Cool summer treat for babies :)

I was trying to decide if Connor would rather have a bottle of ice water or some cold peaches in his little mesh pacifier thingy so I decided to give him....

ICE WATER WITH PEACHES IN IT!!!!

I know, I know.... Genius right?? Well, regardless, he loves it! He's been going to town on it for a while now. It's a good way to help him get the nutrients from fresh fruit and the hydration from water!

I think I'll try strawberries or blackberries next :)

Pink lemonade pie

I got this recipe off of Creations by Kara's blog and since I'm the type of person who sees a recipe and IMMEDIATELY has to try it, I did. Except I ran into lots of issues when trying to get the ingredients lol...

My beater is in storage, so I had to buy a $10 beater from Family Dollar. When I got there to buy it, I realized I left my wallet at home so my dear husband had to bring it to me. Then I go to Kroger to get my ingredients but I forgot to get the whip cream until I got all the way to my aunt's house in Bangs. I go to their little store to get some and there is a big sign on the door that says, "Not accepting debit/credit cards right now." I only took my debit card. I go back to the car and find $1.50 in pennies and am able to buy the stinkin whip cream.

Anywho... Here is the recipe:

-1 Graham cracker pie crust
-8 oz of cream cheese
-14 oz (1 can) sweetened condensed milk
-6 oz of concentrated pink lemonade juice mix (half of a container)
-4 oz (half of a container) of whip cream

The steps:
1. Beat the whip cream until light and fluffy
2. Slowly add in the sweetened condenses milk and then the pink lemonade concentrate.
3. Fold in the whip cream
4. Pour into pie crust and chill for 4 hours or until hardened.

UPDATE:

Freeze the pie overnight for an absolute splendid flavor/texture!!!!!!!!

The unanswerables, to me.

How do you combat the impossible? Why do people love one child more than the other? What makes people fall out of love? What does "beautiful" really mean? Why are certain actions acceptable by some people but not by other people? How is it that one person notices something so seemingly obvious but to someone else it is absolutely invisible? Why is it that nice people are treated unfairly? How can being nice make a person feel weak inside? Why does another person's thoughts and opinions matter so incredibly much? Why does a college degree make a person "smarter?" Why do people cheat on their spouses, the one person THEY chose to give their entire life to? Why does only one side of the story ever [really] prosper? Why is discipline so hard to acquire? Why do stomach aches result from being stressed or upset? How can someone abuse a child? What does it mean to have succeeded, especially when there is certainly going to be more hurdles? Does a person ever really succeed?

Blah blah blah

The last couple of weeks have been so rough.... I really just want to cry.

But then I think about how blessed we are to have a healthy baby boy and a healthy family and how we have a car and cell phones and lots of love. Many people don't have the simple luxuries that we have. It's hard to remember to give thanks for the easily overlooked things, such as food in the refrigerator (even if it's not something that sounds good today), running water, lights, air conditioner, and clean clothing.

I am thankful for my privileged life.

Chocolate surprise cookies!!!!

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I made the most amazing cookies today!!!!! I saw them in a cook book and I added my own little funk to them!!

These were extremely easy!!! Well, except for the part where I had to use my hand mixer outside so I wouldn't wake up the sleeping baby :)!

Here are the ingredients:

-3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
-1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
-1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
-1/2 tsp almond extract (optional)
-1 1/2 cups flour
-1/8 tsp cinnamon
-25 Hershey kisses (or your choice of candy)
-extra white sugar for later ;)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine butter and brown sugar in medium bowl and beat with electric mixer on medium heat until light and fluffy.
3. Add the vanilla and almond extracts
4. Combine flour and cinnamon in another medium bowl.
5. Add the flour to the butter mixture gradually and mix well.
6. Put wax paper on your cookie sheet. Shape the dough into however many 1 inch balls you can make and then flatten until balls are a 2 inch round.
7. Place one chocolate candy in the center of each round and enclose the candy with the dough, making sure none of the candy is showing. The candy needs to be completely sealed in dough!
8. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
9. Sprinkle extra white sugar on top of cookies as soon as they are out of the oven.

Ta-da! Fantastico!

My husband was amazed as to how the chocolate centers didn't melt. It is pretty awesome :)

I hope you enjoy these little cones of goodness as much as we did!

Suitcase chair... Successful!

I have NO clue who came up with this. I saw it on the iPhone ap Recyclart and had to recreate it, although I feel like mine is wayyy better ;) heheh

My poor poor husband..... I feel so bad for him. He spent hours and hours helping me put my ideas into reality with nothing but wood and screws... Oh, and a little rose printed fabric. To say the least.... He was miserable doing this. BUT he was such a good sport and didn't stop until he finished!

He's so great at supporting my ideas, even if he knows they won't work out. And even though it always ends with, "I told you so!", he still goes right along with me. He has helped me create a masterpiece!

And thanks to my wonderful Papa, we had all the tools and other random-things-we-didn't-know-we-needed at the wave of our wand. Papa even gave me my very own blue staple gun!!! Seriously! Who else would just GIVE me a blue staple gun? AND a hammer thats the perfect size for me! Gosh he is my hero! I love him :)

We want to make more of these, but we may need an actual plan next time. This was fun but I know Trey was stressed to the max. Lol poor guy!

We were able to repurpose and old recliner's cushions, which makes me so so happy! Trey helped me go get a recliner by a dumpster and I ripped all the old fabric off and sliced up the foam with nana's bread knife (shhh she doesn't know! What?! I asked her for a knife and she ignored me lol).

All I gotta say is.... I LOVE UPHOLSTERING! Now I see why everyone on HGTV does it on like every episode!!!

I had that trunk for sooo long. It's moved from town to town with me during my gypsy first-college days and it's been used as a bedside table and a coffee table and a computer desk.....
So I figured it was time to give it a permanent use.

The legs were given to me by a nice man at a local antique shop and I spruced them up with some white spray paint (donated by none other than Papa himself).

Gosh, I love it. It's going in my new guest bedroom that's decorated in green and pink hummingbirds and other beautiful happy things :)

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!'n