Crazy crawling and catch ups

It's been awhile! But I'm still here.  A very quick update then the rest will be pictures!

Life has been hectic but good.

We had our garage sale last week--sold pretty much most of our nice things for 25 cents! So if you got to come by then it was a steal! 

We made nearly $500!  (1/3 Part of it was saved, 1/3 donated to a charitable cause and 1/3 to bills.)

Now, will I do another garage sale?

I don't know...It was a lot of work.  BUT I must say--I could not of done it without the help from my great, GREAT friends--Amanda and Warren!  And of course Justin!

Also my parents came in that weekend to watch Kie.  --Which turned out to be a blessed weekend.

Mother's Day was a wonderful blessing because I spent it with my Mother and as a mother!

We went to church and had lunch--and spent the rest of the day watching movies!

As for life--it's been going great.  God reminds me of my blessings daily and humbles me to remember to turn to Him always.

I've also been great about attending boot camp this past week.  I haven't seen a difference on the scale but I do feel a lot more in shape.  I actually feel muscles again!

My exciting NEWS for today is....DUN DUN DUN!!!

Kie went out on the LAKE for the first time!

I love that we have a boat and live so close to so many beautiful lakes.  And one of the things I dreamed about when I was pregnant was spending family time on the water.

So we went out on the water early to see if Lil Man liked it.  And he did!  So we spent all of the day out on Lake Austin.

Justin is an amazing wakeboarder so he worked on this seasons new moves and Carter joined in on the fun.

It was a great day on the water.

Also--like I had mentioned before Kie has been trained to sleep and nap.  He's done great until he realized he can crawl in his bed.  So now he will roll over and crawl until he gets in the corner of his crib and then gets very mad.  I then go in there to scoot him out of his corner and place him on his back in the middle of the bed.

Ah, that baby! He also likes to crawl under the sofa and get random appendages stuck under the couch.  He's only 6 months!  But, he's also a boy and I can tell I'll have my hands full with this adventurous little man.  He's just like his father.

Ok--enough talk, here's some pictures of the past week!


Until next time!
-HK-

Mother's Day after Church

Kie's first garage sale (w/Grandmother)

Kie playing in his room

loves his sippy cup

Mom, Kie & I on Mother's Day

sleeping

relaxing (yes he wears clothes some times)

loves those feet

web cam shot (love that face)

cutie patootie

feeding himself like a big boy

nursing on the water

my sexy husband

out on the boat

in the cove on the lake

my two favorite men

Carter & Chelsea

my man wakeboarding

K & J

Uncle Carter & Kie

May 15th was MPS Awareness Day
We love you Zach and Amelia Hope!!!

quirky quirk Friday

Bonjour tout le monde!
(hello everyone)

So this week has been pretty amazing... but TODAY--I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.


Yes, I'm a little grumpy!


Let me explain.

SO--I have boot camp 3 days a week.  I've missed two (on purpose).  One for the Royal Wedding, one because Kie literally stayed up all night and then I missed today.

It was a miscommunication on who set the alarm.  We have two alarms. One is for the baby feedings we do at night (that I do at night). And one for work.

Anyway--Justin woke me at 6:30 am (when boot camp starts) and I had missed it.
Yes, AGAIN.  I'm so mad.
Not at Justin--tho he is the one who sets the alarm....but at myself. Ugh. Oh well.
What can I do?

I guess I won't be looking good and getting skinny for the beach this year.

I still have 6 weeks left but I am mad I've missed a week already.

Ok--so not only did I wake up super mad--I also have a headache.
Why do you wake with headaches?
I know I need caffeine yet there is no coffee or tea in the house.

Kie is currently napping (thank the sweet Lord) so I can't go for any now.


BUT let's go back to WHY this week was so great.
First off, Osama is NO longer a threat to the US.
The Rangers and the Mavs are doing great (go Texas teams!)
My mom's job that is a federal granted job--got their grant again for another five years!! Nice job security in a time where there is NO job security in the educational field.
It was Kie's 6 month birthday!!!
It was our anniversary.
I got diamond earrings, a huge bouquet of flowers AND day at the spa from my amazing, wonderful, generous-LOVING husband!
Seriously, the man spoils me!
It will also be my FIRST Mother's Day on Sunday...


and tomorrow....
We are having a garage sale!
Now let me further explain this garage sale ordeal. 
1.) I have NEVER had a garage sale before.
2.) I'm an OCD insane-o who can't stand clutter or having extra anything.
**besides extra cleaning supplies and things of that nature (toilet paper, paper towels etc.)
3.) I'm not sentimental*


I am SENTIMENTAL when it comes to things from my relationship/marriage to Justin.
Or things of my sweet baby.
Now--if it came PRIOR to my life with Justin--then it has no value to me.
I throw away everything.
It can be designer clothes, purses, shoes, home decor, furniture, plates sets, expensive jewelry...whatever.


I really have this weird quirk about me.
When Justin and I started dating awhile back--we cleaned out his house and literally tossed everything.
Because I am so OCD I couldn't take the clutter.  (Thankfully the man is very clean like me.)
Our house is clean, super organized and little to no clutter. Minus Kie's toys which do fill the house up.


But, besides that--everything is minimal.  
Less is more in my book.  Besides---we won't be taking our material things to Heaven?! So why grow an attachment to them? 
 ---Does this stop me from shopping excessively? 
NO! I love to shop! 
But my motto is this--ONE NEW THING IN--TWO THINGS OUT.


SO, the last few years of tossing great items or donating them...I decided maybe it's time to sell a few things.
So me, J, my girlfriend and her husband will be having the garage sale tomorrow at my house....and whatever money I make will be going into Kie's college savings!


Great idea huh?!
Btw, I will be uploading new pictures of the house--and our great looking backyard and garden SOON!
All our flowers are blooming and soon we will be starting our newest addition to the house...A NEW GAME ROOM!
I'm excited to have a room just for the pool table, darts, TV and more! 


Alright--mommas gotta go check on her sweet sleeping baby.
And get the house ready for company tonight.




until next time,


Momma K

Our Wedding Anniversary

Picture OVERLOAD!! 

(Just a few from that special day!!!)

Hello!

Well it's our FIRST year anniversary!!!

And I wanted to reminisce of our GREAT time in Cabo San Lucas.

I wish we were back!!!

(With Kie of course)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 

To the best man I know!

Love you always and forever!

Happy 6 Month & Wedding Anniversaries

Mucho to catch up on!

First off, 

Today was Kie's 6 MONTH birthday!

He is growing great.  Nearly 19 pounds (26 1/2") of pure sweetness and all BOY!

Once again his Doctor is very pleased on how healthy, happy and very aware he is.

I love to see his personality show more and more each day...but it also breaks my heart to see how fast time flies!

If only I could press pause for a bit.

I am blessed to get to spend nearly every waking minute with him.  So for that, I'm so grateful for!

So far Kie is

 crawling 

Of course rolling everywhere as well.

Sitting up (with assistance)

On occasion he'll eat some food solids--

He drinks from a sippy cup (ok he's done this just once--for some water.)

AND 

best of all,

He's on a sleep/nap schedule!

Ok, so I was the mom that resisted schedules because we are a very spontaneous family.

You never know when my husband will be working late OR home early.

Sometime he wants to go to dinner or take the boat out on the lake for an evening ride.

Or, there are the weekends we go off to see family--

spend time with friends, 

go to music festivals 

or what have you.

So, I was ANTI-schedule--

Because I did not want to be a mom stuck in the house for months on end.

Not to say we had routine---98% of the time!

But low and behold, Kie wasn't sleeping-which meant I was not sleeping either.

Then we started a schedule--and at 8pm, Kie is in bed.

He is now trained!

Who knew you could train a baby?!

I didn't know this because I was untrainable.

My parents were lucky because I was a great baby, but as a child--I was WILD.

Soooooo, I just thought you either had a baby that was on 'schedule' or you didn't.

And I was too prideful to buy some baby books or ask for advice---however I was humbled by the 5 night stretch of waking up every 2 hours to play.

So, here we are--DAY TWO:

Kie is asleep at 8pm!

ON the NEXT NOTE:

Tomorrow is mine and JUSTIN'S anniversary!

On a lovey, dovey note....

I am so blessed and grateful and joyful I married him.

He is generous, loving, kind, sweet, caring, hard working, handsome, humbled, gracious and selfless when it comes to me and our son.

He is fun, smart, talented, witty and amazing!

I am one blessed wife to have a good, Christian husband.

Ok, enough mushy stuff <3

Tomorrow for our anniversary we will be going to Alamo Draft House for dinner & to watch

Water For Elephants!

I read the book years ago--so I'm curious to see how it matches up.

Btw, can I just mention I think my husband is getting me a last minute anniversary card?

He left 40 minutes ago to get a blizzard and the Dairy Queen is literally 10 minutes (if that) away.

He is doing better than me, because I've yet to get one.

I was going to write a lot more but I'm tired and tomorrow I have boot camp.

I have been bad and skipped it Monday and then again last Friday for the ROYAL WEDDING.

So no excuses for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is going to be a great day!

In fact, this week has been pretty awesome.

Kie's 6 month birthday, our anniversary, Mother's Day this weekend.

My parents are coming into town...

I'm hosting my first garage sale.

I have secret surprise date on Saturday...

ahhh, I gotta get better about this blogging.

Until next time

-HK-

sweetest baby boy in the world

a momma's gotta do what a momma's gotta do

my two silly boys

my chunky monkey

lil man and his friends

crawling everywhere

bath time fun

Love your enemies

“But I say to you who hear, 

Love your enemies, 

do good to those who hate you,

 bless those who curse you, 

pray for those who abuse you.

 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, 

and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. 

Give to everyone who begs from you, 

and 

from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? 

For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who do good to you

what benefit is that to you? 

For even sinners do the same.

 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you?

Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 

But love your enemies, and do good,

 and lend, expecting nothing in return, 

and your reward will be great,

 andyou will be sons of the Most High,

 for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

—Luke 6:27-35

*Lord knows I needed to find this scripture.

  What I need to do is BRAND this into my brain!

I think writing it and sticking it on the fridge will be a start.

And if anyone has tips on loving their enemies, let me know! :)

-HK-