WHO DAT?!?!

Ok, that game in New Orleans, ROCKED!!!!! Cowboys won and it made Eric's year...best Christmas present he could've ever gotten! We have been to several away games, but I must say this one had to be the most crazy! You'd think there would be at least a few Cowboy fans there...NOPE...pretty much just Me, Eric and Chet (our buddy from New Braunfels that goes to one game a year with us). I did not wear Cowboys gear for obvious reasons, but Eric and Chet were decked out. We got soooooooo much heckling from NO fans on the way in it was ridiculous...and SCARY. And if I had a quarter for every time I heard, "who dat say dat gonna beat dem Saints? who dat?" I would be rich! But all I gotta say now is...WHO DAT!!!! Great game, great time and great memories. Oh and on the way out I figured Eric and Chet would not make it out alive, but seriously I think all of NO was in shock, b/c not many people heckled on the way out! Here's some pictures of all of us at the game. Eric's old collage buddies took us to the game and showed us a good time! My sis and B-in-law went, too and also let us all crash at thier place...thanks guys!!







Oh and I opened my Williams Sonoma present and I really need to eat my words. It was this pancake fill pan that I had seen in the catalog a long time ago and told E I wanted it...so sweet he remembered! You can make all kinds of cool stuff, like pigs in a blanket, biscuits, pancakes, cinnamon rolls and lots more. E made some yummy cinnamon rolls this morning. I may never actually cook with it, but E will, and I will definitely enjoy it!!!!

Let the festivites begin...

Christmas is HERE!!!! Well, it is for us. Last night we had Cade's Christmas program at preschool and that pretty much kicks off our fun-filled Holiday Season. The program was so so cute. I've been listening to the songs oh about 8 million times a day, so I knew exactly what the show entailed. He looked very handsome (they had to wear church clothes) and he did a fantastic job...only at home he was WAY more animated and often times added his own little version to the songs. I guess he had a little bit of stage fright! Maybe I can catch a video of him "performing" at home and post it on the blog.

This Thursday we leave for New Orleans to hang with my sister and her fam for the weekend. We are celebrating her girls B-days and going to the Cowboys Saints game. The Cowboys are so gonna kick thier ass! Ha ha ha! Eric says they can still lose this game and win out the rest of the season and make it all the way...is he a die hard fan or what??? We (definitely Eric) will always cheer for the Cowboys, but I must say it will be fun to watch a really good team play! Oh and we plan to go out on Bourbon St after the game, so it should be a good time! Can't wait!

After that we come home for a few days and have Christmas dinner and open presents to each other before we head out to Missouri. Papa Larry is coming for Christmas dinner and the boys can't wait to open presents. I can't wait either. Only, I asked for a necklace. I told E the exact one and where to get it (and it's really affodable!). So, the other day we get a big package and I call E at work to ask what it is before I open it. He says don't open it, it's for you. Well...it's waaaaay to big to be a necklace AND it's from Williams Sonoma AND I don't cook!! Hum?!?! It's a mystery gift. I'll keep you posted. Knowing him it's some rib rub/rack that he really thought I wanted, but he really wanted. Is it bad to buy myself the necklace after Christmas???

Anyway, I can't wait to start traveling and spend lots of time with family and friends! Have a good one...

POed

Just so you know the blog I wrote/organized did not look like that when I pressed the publish button! If someone could please let me know how in the heck to post pics with captions (right under them!!!) that would be oh so helpful. Thanks!

What we're thankful for...

We had a GREAT time in east TX for Thanksgiving!! We are so thankful for...




Papa Larry



cousins


Uncle Jerod's yummy fried turkey


Fortner genes, b/c are kids are so cute (see, it's not just my lil fortners that look just like thier Daddy!)


my new "fauxhawk"


Playin catch with the boys


Papa Larry's back yard full of dirt so we can dig holes and bury carrots (and brothers) to catch rabbits



And, Especially Family!!

Ketchup Blog

Hey all! We've been running around crazy here for the last month so here's a re-cap of what's been happenin...

Cade finished his T-ball season and FINALLY got his trophy. He's been talkin about ALL SEASON long! At this age it's not a "best hitter" or "most catches" trophy. It's just a "good job playin in the dirt and lookin cute" trophy. He is so thrilled!


(Where do we store/display all those cheesy trophies...we're up to 6 already?!)

Jack and Eric finished up soccer, too! E was the coach and the team did really well. I'm sure he coached a little like he manages...all practices ran in 8 minute drills, with a short period of a fun activity at the end, "to build team relationships and keep it fun and interesting". He also knew everyone's strengths and weaknesses and every saturday talked (to me!) about how they could use them to benefit the whole team during the game. I really think he enjoyed it even though soccer's not really his thing! And he was really thrilled at the end of the season, one of our team players Dad gave him a mini keg as a present! Jack did great, too! Eric said he has the strongest leg on the team, but needs to work on ball control.



I just spent several days in New Orleans at my sisters house. I had a CEU convention there so I got to go get CEUs and hang out with her and her fam. Luckily my Mom went with me and watched Lila. The boys stayed home with Dad. It was really nice to hang out my sis and the convention rocked too! I think the boys had fun w/o me and E got a good dose of "motherhood"! I will say I missed them and they missed me!


My b-n-law Dan ordered this right after we said we were pickin up the tab!


My cute neices


Me My Mom and My Sis

One last picture of Lila Grace, b/c it is too cute! She's doing great...crawling everywhere. We had to put up a gate, b/c she was not only doing stairs, she had MASTERED stairs with a little help from her bro Cade. I came around the corner the other day and I see LG climbing the stairs with Cade at the top saying, "Come to Papa!"



We are headed out tomorrow to East TX to have Thanksgiving with the Fortners! Can't wait to see everyone and eat a lot of food! Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Christmas wishes

My boys are addicted to the toy adds we've been getting. Especially the extra large Target Toy Book and the Toys R Us Toy Book!! They make me save them and when Dad goes on his cleaning rampages (like he does a lot!) he tosses it and we have two very upset little boys. We currently have 1 in each car, 1 in the kitchen, 1 in the living room and several in the bathroom! Any down time, they're looking at toys! I've heard a lot of different things they want, but the main ones are a Nintendo DS for Cade and a computer (of his own) for Jack. Only Cade changes his mind daily and I have to keep reminding him of what he wants...it gets really hard when you have to buy them what they actually ask Santa for!



Also, wanted to add Eric and I headed to CT last weekend and we had a blast! Lucky for us my parents came and watched the older 2 and we took Lila Grace with us. We got to hang out with all our old friends and kind of let loose for the weekend (1 feels like none, once you have 3!). We stayed with our good friends Megan and Rick! Thank you so much! Unfortunately, I didn't take near enough pictures but here are a couple. My other friend Meg had a baby right before me so it was really fun to visit and let the babies play.

Halloween 2009

Halloween Throwback

The other day I was going thru some old photos and found this one of Eric and I. It was our 1st Halloween together and E made us dress up as KISS. Yup, that's us! It's funny what I'll do for my man...I can't even name a KISS song!



Here's some cute photos of the boys from previous years, too...

Happy 6th Birthday Jack!!!!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear sweet sincere and oh so cute Jack
Happy Birthday to you

Dear Jack,
Today you're turning 6. Dad and I both woke up saying the same thing..."we can't believe we have a big 6 year old!". You haven't "played" with my hair in a long time (and yes I'm a little sad about that!). You are so very grown-up...all in the past few months, too! You love kindergarten. You're favorite thing about it is the bus! You don't even want Mom to come to the bus stop to pick you up. You want to walk home by yourself! You're playing Soccer right now, but you love all sports! The big toy at home is Legos and you could NEVER have enough. You also still love the Wii, DS and computer! You're a VERY sweet older brother to Cade and Lila Grace. You talk to Cade every night when you go to be so he won't be scared and you hug and kiss on Lila Grace all the time. Dad and I are so lucky to have you as our oldest and couldn't be more proud. Today at school you got the star student and we all went to watch. You will always be our star!!! Happy 6th, Buddy!
Love, MOM

2 more down...

Well, this is one house that will not be getting the H1N1 vaccine! Why?? Because, all 3 kids have had it!

This weeks been crazy! Cade came home last Friday very tired and spiked his fever Saturday and was feeling better Monday, but then regressed again Tuesday. Come to find out he got a secondary infection of pneumonia (not bad, though) and is still feeling sick. He is on antibiotics so he should be back to normal feeling by tomorrow...I hope...and pray...fingers crossed!!! Oh by the way...he HATES the medicine! E and I have to chase him down, pin him down, stick the squirter down his throat and hold his mouth shut (sounds horrible, I know!). THEN...he throws it up 10-20 mins later. SO, tomorrow at our follow up appt, if he's not better, I'm asking for a shot!

Lila Grace spiked her fever Tuesday night and went on the tamaflu Wednesday and is doing much much better. Thanks goodness, b/c as much as I've complained about having "older" sick kids its EVEN harder to have a sick baby. Poor thing was just plain irritable and could not relax enough to sleep and I felt like I held her for 12 hrs straight! At least the older ones could just lay on the couch and moan every now and again! As soon as she went on the tamaflu she started getting better.

Luckily, I feel like we are all on the mend! It has been horrible, but I must say I'm glad we've been thru it, b/c once you get it you can't get it again!!!!!

Here are some pictures of my 2 sickies...

Canton, Pumpkin Patch and One Badass Phone!

We've had a lot happen these past 7 days...

First off, I went to Canton last Friday with my Mom. I didn't think I'd like it (I'm not a big shopper), but I did! I found some really great things. Here's 2 of my favs...a super cute white shelf for the baby's room and these vintage superhero wall hangings for the boys room.

Yesterday I got to go on a field trip with Jack's class (and all the other kinder classes) to the pumpkin patch. It was really cute! Oh and Lila Grace got to go to...





And last, but definitely most exciting I got the IPhone. I've wanted one for several months now, but E kept saying, "why do you need to be accessible at all times, you don't even work!" Ha! Well, anyways he came home with it the other day and I was SO SO SO EXCITED!!! I do have a new number and here it is 214-991-0990.

Cade's Breakfast Special

This morning Cade told me he wanted a plate of pancakes with an egg on top and syrup. Of course, we argued for 30 minutes about how he would not like it and how Mom knows best! But, I finally caved and said I would make it, but he MUST eat it or NO SNACKS!!!

Well.....he liked it! He told me, "Mom, Can you make this yummy breakfast for lunch, too!"

I'm Goin Out!

Well, maybe, hopefully if all goes well...


Eric and I are hoping to make it out on the town tonight. First time since Lila Grace was born and it is much needed!!!


However I still have one sort of, kind of sick child. He's actually feeling good, but still running a very low grade fever.

And...I'm hoping to put the baby to bed and head out after that. Lucky for us Papa Larry volunteered (ok, maybe I begged him!) to watch all 3. But, considering the baby is only happy with me in her sight I figure I'll help him out and put her down before we go.

So anyways...I have this super cute outfit! The shirt is actually a Miley Cyrus find from Wal-mart. I saw it about a month ago and really liked it, but thought, "I can't buy a Miley Cyrus shirt!" But then, I saw it in People Magazine as a Hot Fall Fashion Find...soooo I went and bought it and I really like it! The jeans were clearance Gap jeans that my neighbor helped me get at a steal (she gave me a super good coupon). The hot shoes are from my sis. They're called Volitile. She said they're hot in LA (that's Louisiana) right now. I really like them and they look great with long jeans (which mine usually are, b/c I'm shorter). She sent them as a baby gift. Best baby gift ever!!!

Well, hopefully I'll make it out, but if not I'll be having cocktails on my back patio in my super cute outfit...with Eric and Papa Larry!

Sick day...or week!!

Jack is sick. Actually, he's not really that sick but he's been home from school for 2 days now. He spiked a fever over the weekend and has been running a low grade fever ever since. We did go to the Dr on Monday and she said he had a virus, but he didn't look sick enough to run a flu test on him. She said he's probably on the down hill side. However, when I emailed the teacher she responded that 13 (of 20) kids are out sick with the swine flu! And if diagnosed with it, he really shouldn't return for 5 days! Sooooo, I'm assuming we have a mild version of the swine flu. It's really not that bad...what was all the hype?

Hopefully Lila Grace and Cade won't get it, but it sounds pretty contagious! When Jack and I left the Dr I said, "see you in a couple days" b/c I'm sure it's coming!


AND...E's out of town so it makes this sick week one LONG week! He's actually working near where we used to live in New Braunfels and supposed to hang out with some good friends tonight....don't like him very much right now!



Anyways, here's us on our sick day...