Here comes the BRIDE!!!!

A few weeks ago Dayton and I flew up to Virginia because my cousin Danielle was getting married and I couldn't miss it. It was a short trip but we had a lot of fun. This was Dayton's second plane ride and he did great I was very surprised. After landing in VA we were greeted by my Grandmama and my birth dad Mike (who I haven't seen in 2 years). I was a great little reunion but we had to rush to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

The wedding was the next day and it was beautiful. Danielle was such gorgeous bride and i cried like a baby. LOL The wedding brought back such great memories for me. I LOVE to think back to my wonderful day. Eric is my best friend and such a wonderful Husband and Father that I truly do not know what i would do without him. I hope that Danielle and Chris have wonderful marriage.

"It doesn't matter where you go in life, or what you do, or how much you have, it's who you have beside you".

ME and DANI

Dayton LOVES to dance so he was right at home on the dance floor

Bride and Groom with the Bridesmaids

Dayton, Me, Mike, Grandmama, Mamaw

Between the wedding and the reception we went over to the nursing home to see my mamaw. It was a great opportunity to get our 5 generation picture.

12 to 18 months

I SEE YOU!!!!!!

So a good friend told me that 12 to 18 months were the best months with her children and i totally agree. We have seen a whole new Dayton for the past few months.

Dayton so far:

*Momma : OF COURSE!!!!

*Dadda- He LOVES his daddy and sure misses him while he is at work

*Papa- Erics dad, and my grandfather

*Pablo- from the Backyardagains which he cant get enough of

*Says Hott and blows on the food- that just happend recently when i handed him his lunch

*No no- thats a great one and he likes to talk back LOL

*Ball - he has this HUGE ball 2 times the size of him and he LOVES it, he can find a ball anywhere

*Dayton LOVES to dance, he even dances with his own song TIKA TIKA TIKA. To tell you the truth i have know clue where he gets his moves.

* I am pleased to say that he has 3 1/2 teeth the top four are coming in one after another. Its about dang time.

So we have found out after all Dayton does watch us. about a month ago he goes in the kitchen cabinet and pulls out the hot glove and wears it around the house, and just last week he went behind the door and pulled down one of Eric's church ties and was trying to tie it. LOL he is such a hoot.

Well there is so much more that the list can go on forever but i thought i would stop. He has such a different personality now and i cant wait for whats to come. Eric and I just love to sit back and watch whats next we get such a kick out of him.

Where does the time go......................

The bottom teeth that came in at 9 months

Now the the top teeth at 14 months
(Man look at

those cheeks)

Loves to help mom do the dishes

EASTER

Ok so i am late as usual but i wanted to post a few pictures of Easter. Dayton was just shy of 3 months last Easter so he couldnt really enjoy the fun of the HUNT.

> The morning Basket he look at it looked us about 2 times then went for it.

> Church just made him so tired

The Hunt begins.........

OH LOOK I FOUND ONE.....

And by the end of the day

his basket was full. LOL

Girls Weekend/Time Out For Women

This weekend some friends and I went down to Orlando for a totally needed TOFW conference. I wasn't able to attend last year and this conference reminded me what i missed. The speakers were great, inspirational, funny and had me crying too.
Well after driving we ate dinner at this great restaurant called Brio, shopped at a few stores in the mall then headed to the hotel.

The conference the next morning was like i said wonderful. I wrote many notes down but here are a few that stuck
"if things are worth doing its worth doing badly while we learn to do it well"
Wendy Ulrich
"music has the ability to match us, music is our every feeling"
Hilary Weeks
- pic of me and Hilary Weeks
(she is such an great singer)



I had such an amazing time and i cant wait to do it again next year!!!
Thanks Eric for making this weekend happen you are such a wonderful father and i know Dayton had a fun time hanging out with you.

IN and UP

So Dayton has become very aventurous the last few months and even weeks so i have had my camera out whole lot. Here are just a few pics of around the house and of our trip to the park where he actually held on for a long time.

3 Years

OK so i know I'm late on this post but i did want to make it. Eric and celebrated our 3 year anniversary on March 4 with dinner at longhorn a little night alone just the 2 of us. The past three years have been such an amazing time with so many memories that will last a life time and so many more that will come. As our relationship grows we learn so much from each other. Eric is such an amazing, talented, wonderful, energetic, dedicated, lovable, funny, HOTT husband, father, friend, companion and soul mate. He always keeps me laughing and I love him so much i cant wait to spend many more year together (our Eternity)!!! LOVE YOU SWEETIE

Dayton the birthday boy!

Well today we celebrated Dayton's first birthday. Where did the year go..... i also say that now sitting here at 10:42 wondering where the day went. We woke up with Dayton this morning opened his presents from Mommy and Daddy and some family that live out of town. Dayton hung out with Aunt Nana and Braydon for a while while i cleaned, then i made 4 boxes of cakes, burnt myself and tried to make his cake look half way decent. Well fast forward a few hours...... The party began and it seemed like he had such a fun (since he cant really tell me) time opening the gifts and when it came down to singing and the cake he flipped out because he thought that everyone was screaming at him LOL but of course he got over that real quick when he saw that cake. Well i hope this year doesn't go by fast!!!
Happy Birthday Sweetie
OMG and i almost forgot he took his first few steps today on his own. GO DAYTON!!!!


early morning presents


The cake (it was worth the burn)



All the presents (thanks everyone)




Happy Birthday Dayton

Problems

So i have noticed for the past few months that things have been weird with my body. Everyone and everything i have read and heard said that your body doesn't really get back to normal for like 1-2 yrs after the baby comes so i just brushed everything off, the chills, shaking, fast weight lose (not that I'm complaining), shortness in breath and being tired always. I couldn't brush it off forever my pulse started beating fast 123 beats per min and then faster to 147 beats per min.
So this past Monday i went to the doctor's she took blood and did an EKG.... well results came back today and i have pretty bad Thyroid problem. My mom also has a Thyroid problem i have Hyperactive and she has Hyporactive. For those of you who don't know about your thyroid here is some info just in case you start have the same signs as me.

~~ What is hyperthyroidism?
The term hyperthyroidism refers to any condition in which there is too much thyroid hormone in the body. In other words, the thyroid gland is overactive
~~ What is a thyroid?
small, butterfly-shaped gland below the Adam's apple.
~~ What does the thyroid do?
controlling the body's metabolism by regulating thyroid hormones (T4 and T3)
~~ When something goes wrong..
if the gland produces too much hormone we term the condition Hyperthyroidism
if the gland makes to little, we call this Hypothyroidism.
~~ Symptoms
fast heart rate
eyes may bulge forward
nervousness
increased sweating
muscle weakness
trembling hands
weight loss
skin changes
increased frequency of bowel movements
decreased menstrual flow and less frequent menstrual flow

Well there is your patient education lesson.LOL
Now all i do is wait take pills and go to the Endocrinologists to see if it will go way with time or surgery.