Doctors, pictures and goofy Tarren

I can't believe how fast time is flying! October is already almost over...CRAZY!! This week has been a very eventful week for us. Tarren likes to pull anything over his head and lay very still or he does the opposite and kicks and throws his arms like crazy. It can be a blanket, clothes, towel or even his bib. I got a picture of him doing it the other night.

On Sunday night, I noticed around where Tarren was circumcised was really red and sensitive. So, I took him to the doctor on Monday after school. We got to the office and they had us go back into a room with a nurse who weighed him and then wrote down what was wrong. Well, Tarren weighed in at a whopping 20lbs. The nurse could not get over how chunky he is and how cute he is. She asked to hold him. So, I let her. After a few minutes, she gave him back and said she woudl let me know when another room became available. About two minutes later there was knock on the door, I thought it was the doctor. It was the same nurse and she brought another nurse to show her how cute Tarren was. They left and about two minutes later the same nurse came in and asked me if she could show the rest of the nurses. So, she took him down the hall. She was gone for at least ten minutes. I could hear them talking about how cute he was and one nurse said, "he is to gorgeous to be a boy." I didn't know whether to take that as a compliment or not. Either he is a really cute baby or he looks like a girl? Well, she finally brought him back and then I could go to another room. The doctor saw him and said it was jut really raw and not an infection yet. She prescribed an ointment for just in case. We went home. That night, he got sick with a cold. He was literally choking on snot. I went to the Walgreens and got a vaporizer. I stayed home with him the next day and then on Wednesday...I wasn't feeling too hot. So, I stayed home. My work week was short. I went back to school on Thursday.

I had a volleyball game that day...so I could not miss. Spencer brought Tarren to the game because he was doing much better. He had a bib on that said Hunk and stinker Spencer put a piece of paper with the letter C in front of it so it said...CHUNK. Everyone got a kick out of that. Tarren eventually almost ate the C off of the bib.

On Friday, we had Tarren's 6 month pictures . We had him wear his Halloween costume. He is a monkey. The pictures turned out pretty good. I chose one for a 10x13 and Spencer chose one for some wallets.

I chose this one.

Spencer chose this one. He said it depicted his personality. I do have to admit every time I see it I laugh.

There were a lot of cute ones.

I am really bad at these

Favorite TV Shows:
1. America's Next Top Model
2. Wipe Out
3. CSI
4. Hell's Kitchen
5. Funniest Home Videos
6. Night Line
7. Jimmy Kimmel
8. Seinfield
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Gringos
2. Pappa's
3. Texas Roadhouse
4. Pappasitos
5. La Finca
6. Cajun Grill
7. Brennans
8. Whataburger
8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Went to work
2. Had a good volleyball practice
3. Worked out my legs...hard...I am still sore
4. Went to Walmart
5. Ate dinner with my husband
6. Feed Tarren green beans( baby food)
7. Played the wii
8. Cuddled my husband till I fell asleep
8 Things I Look Forward to:
1. Volleyball season to be over with
2. Christmas break
3. Going to the Rockets game with my husband
4. Tarren saying his first word
5. Thanksgiving...yeah for turkey
6. Summer Vacation
7. Getting back to my pre-baby size...few more lbs
8. The weekend
8 Things I love About Fall:
1. Cooler weather...well sort of cooler
2. The smells
3. Being able to wear my jackets sometimes
4. Decorating for Halloween
5. Rocket games
6. Being near friends and family
7. Leaves falling
8. Spencer's birthday
8 Things on my wish list:
1. To live life to the fullest
2. To be the best wife/mother ever!
3. A trip to somewhere new
4. Visit old friends
5. To have more energy...I need to keep up with Spencer
6. Eat better
7. Become better at sewing
8. Hmmm...
8 People I am tagging:
Hmmm....

Who does he look like???

These are the closest pictures I could find in age for us and Tarren. We might be a little older than Tarren is, but they will have to do for now. Isn't Spencer a cutie!!!???

5 months...

Tarren is now officially 5 months old. He is such a good eater that I decided to go ahead and give him baby food. His first baby food was butternut squash and he actually kind of liked it. He ate the whole jar.

He is really starting to grab on to things and put them in his mouth. This would include but not limited to:

Hammers...

Toes...

And Dish Towels.

The Husband Tag

Here you go Morgan..

1. Where did you meet? We met at the singles ward. He was working in Houston for the summer as a Pest Control Salesman.
2. How long did you date before you were married? 11 months
3. How long have you been married? A little over two years
4. What does he do that surprises you? He is always FULL of surprises! The list would go on and on and on....
5. What is you favorite feature of his? Oh there are so many...but I really like his smile and dimples.
6. What is your favorite quality of his? His compassion. He is always willing to help and serve others.
7. Does he have a Nickname for you? We just call each other babe.
8. What is his favorite color? I would have to say blue, but he says red too because it looks good on me.
9. What is his favorite food? Anything Mexican...
10. What is his favorite sport? He loves basketball!
11. When and where was your first kiss? We met on Sunday and he kissed me on Monday. I thought he was leaning in for a hug and he planted one on me. STINKER!! I enjoyed it though. ;)
12. Favorite thing to do as a couple? Play sports, go to games, watch movies together...pretty much just to be together. It doesn't matter what it is we do.
13. Do you have any children? Yes, our son Tarren.
14. Does he have a hidden talent? I would say so. He is able to make anyone laugh.
15. How old is he? Almost 26...yes I am older than him by 8 months.
16. Who said I love you first? He did
17. What is his favorite type of music? Latin
18. What do you admire most about him? What a hard worker he is and how positive he is.
19. Do you think he will read this? Probably not... he would rather me tell him about it.

Tree Fun...

We went down to Pearland yesterday to cut down a tree. The guy is paying Spencer and his brother to cut down this tree. We thought it would be a big tree, but when we got there we were amazed. The tree is HUGE!!! It's base is about half the size of a small car and then it has four big branches sprouting out of it. One of those branches is actually leaning on the house. It grew that way.

This is after Spencer had cut down two of the branches.

When they cut down one of the branches, there was a nest of baby squirrels in there. They took the part of the tree that had them in it and placed in across the street in the forest.

There were times when I could not watch Spencer up in the tree. He was soooo high. It made me really nervous.

There were cars parked in the driveway and the people were not in town...so it was quite hard to get down some of the tree and we weren't able to get down two of the biggest portion. We tried to get down some of the branch on the left and almost dropped it on the truck. It caught in the other tree under it. THANK GOODNESS!!!!

It stopped inches from the green truck.

Spencer enjoyed himself very much! He even took time to make a little something for me.

It was a new experience for me and I got my workout for the week!

IKE!!!

We did not have school on Friday because of Ike. So, I was prepared to spend the day getting ready for the hurricane. Spencer went shopping on Thursday to get us some necessary things. We decided that we should get a generator too. He looked all over and they were out of them at every store. Home Depot over by my work told him they had a shipment coming in at 3 in the morning and they opened up at 6. So, Spencer got up Friday morning at 4 to go wait in line. He was the 3rd person in line. At 7:00, the shipment still hadn't arrived. He decided to call the other Home Depot that is on Fry Road and they had a shipment of generators. He drove over there and was able to get us one. It is a good thing he did because we lost power on Friday night and did not get it back until Tuesday morning. That was the longest weekend of my life. The days seemed to drag on. It is amazing how much I take electricity for granted. Spencer's 2 aunt's, uncle and mom came over to stay with us. We enjoyed Friday evening with electricity. The weather was nice outside and the sky was beautiful.

At 1:00 the power went off. Spencer got out of bed and went out into the rain to get the generator going. He did an awesome job of keeping us safe and staying on top of things around here. After the storm had passed, we only had a piece of our back fence down. Spencer nailed that up and it was good as new. The neighbor's tree was broke in a couple of places...so Spencer got his chainsaw out and went to work.

It rained on Sunday morning and flooded our streets. The Aunts and MiMi took Tarren out to see.

It was another long day on Monday and finally this morning at 7:00 the power came on. Tarren enjoyed having his grandmother and great aunts in town. They gave him all sorts of attention and took him for walks in his stroller. He LOVES going on walks. However, he suffers later with his allergies. He gets way stuffy at night.

He was the only one that got to take a warm bath while the power was out.