A Quote from Ty

Well, I had to laugh this morning. As we were preparing for my father's side of the family to come for our Christmas party I ask Ty to come in the bathroom so that I can brush his hair. His response... "No mommy, you already did it... Yesterday." I laughed right out loud, I supose he still doesn't understand that some things just need to be done daily. It reminds me of the saying... "Real cowboys don't take baths." I think that it'll just be one of many of those moments when I get a good chuckle out of things he says, & besides, it was pretty nice to take time & laugh instead of stressing to make everything perfect for a party.

2008 Christmas Photos.

This was quite an adventure, for some reason I had it in my head that as Ty got older it would be a bit easier to take is photo for our Christmas card. Needless to say I was wrong. He certainly has his own ideas on how to do things. Who knew that an almost 3 year old would care about what to wear & how to sit, but Ty does. He cracked me up. I think that they acutally turned out pretty nice, the hard part now is just choosing which to use. =o) I took them in color but LOVE black & white, (if you haven't noticed that yet) so I changed them all.


Here's a some of our favorites....

I'm a college graduate! Holy Cow!

Well, its been a long time coming & truthfully by now I could have been a doctor. I just finished my last class yesterday, aced my final & became the first college grad in my family. None of my Great grandparents, grandparents, parents or siblings have finished. I like to think of it as me changing our family tree. Education is so important & though it took me years to complete, the point of the matter is that I did. I could have shouted yesterday as I left the campus. I hope that as Ty grows older he understands the importance of it. Many thing seemed to have been put on 'the back burner' lately, but it will all pay off in the future. My next step will begin taking classes in Oswego in January. I have hopes of becoming a teacher, I'm not quite sure what type of teacher... but I feel that as long as I continue to prepare myself I will be lead to what is appropriate for both my family & myself. Honestly the whole thing kind of brings me to tears. I feel that this is just the first step in my journey.

Having some fun in the Snow~

Some fun in the snow!

Oh, Yes the date is correct... Winter came early here in Upstate NY!

Making Sugar Cookies

Here are are cookie making pictures... we had a great time.

He took his job very seriously.

An interesting start to my day

Today started out pretty interesting. I woke up dreaming about Igneous rocks... pretty interesting stuff huh? Let me explain; I'm currently enrolled in a Geology class and I had an enormous test yesterday; apparently it was still on my mind. =o)

Then, as I was coming out of my groggy stupor, I realize that my darling son is standing over me telling me that I need to wake up and make "me and daddy eggs peeez mommy" "wake up mommy... go cook". I roll over to discover that its only 4 am! I've come to realize that we all have roles in our family and apparently mine is to make breakfast in the wee hours of the morning. Needless to say, I didn't give in to his request. Scott came in about 5 when he was leaving for work and informed me that I still had a very wide awake son, and that I should probably get out of bed. Ty is definitely a morning person like his daddy. I thought I was a morning person as well, though I'm more 7am than 4am morning person.

Along with waking up to my bright-eyed- & bushy-tailed son, I woke up to 2 feet of snow and counting, it seems odd to have so much snow this early in the year, though it really does look pretty (as long as I don't have to drive in it). The School District decided to have a snow day so Ty was able to play outside with his cousins Mitchell & Mark, they are in 4th & 6th grade, but are so sweet with Ty.

We also decided that we would make some sugar cookies, since we were kindof getting in the holiday mood. Luckily for me; the dough needs to chill for at least an hour, which is the perfect amount of Ty to take a nap.

Well, I suppose that I should take full advantage of him "resting" as we like to call it.

Perhaps I'll even walk out to the edge of the driveway and take a few photos of our Winter wonderland to post.
=o)

Ty & his big sister Sabrina aka "Breena"

Ty's milestone

Yay!!! Okay, so I know that today is only day one of this whole blogging thing & that I already wrote today~ but I had to let everyone know that today Ty had a milestone. Let me first start off by saying that we've been trying to potty train him for a while, on his own terms. All of the ladies at church have said that their son's were well on their way to 3 years old before they got the knack of it.... well here is the good news. He's been peeing for a while now off and on but today Ty woke up from his nap crying telling me that he had to go potty, he walked right in the bathroom and did it #2! Now I know that those of you out there probably don't care that we're on our way, but to us this is MAJOR news. Needless to say we had a little bit of a flushing ceremony followed by his favorite bribe... THE POPSICLE...
Please cross your fingers for me that this wasn't just a fluke. =o)

Our Miracle

So, this is my first blog. I'm not quite sure just where to begin...

I'm pretty new at all of this, but in a way I think I'm going to treat it as a journal & of course a great way to keep in touch with all of my dear friends.

Well where to start...

I'm 28, been married 6 years to my best friend Scott...

we have been blessed with our beautiful son Ty. Doctors said that they were'nt sure we/I would ever concieve a child. However my Heavenly Father decided otherwise. Nearly 3 years ago after several attempts with a procedure called IVF we became parents. Ty has been exactly what I hoped for, he is tender, sensitive yet busy and fun loving. My greatest calling has been to be his mother. I love him more and more each day as he makes each new day so much fun. Its always an adventure but isn't it supposed to be? Here is a photo that a dear friends, Ed Carolla, took when Ty was 9mo old. These are a couple of my favorites.

We took these in our front yard... The tub that he is in was my Great Aunts when she was a baby. A friend of mine said Johnson & Johnson would love it. =o)