Rusty Boy is 1!

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Wednesday was a bittersweet day for me. My little baby turned one.
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As I was driving to the gym Tuesday night I passed Banner Gateway. I had mixed emotions as I drove by. Part of me wished I was back at the hospital with a tiny newborn in my arms. The other part was happy I wasn't driving there at midnight in labor and walking the halls till 4 in the morning like last year!
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We celebrated low key. Like really low key. Poor daddy had to work late plus Thanksgiving was the next day so we kept it mellow by visiting Grandparents with an offering of cupcakes:) Rusty enjoyed all his wonderful presents and the cake he got to eat. The candle was the best part. Once it got lit his face got very serious trying to figure out what the heck that thing was.
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This last picture is my favorite. I was taking the cake away because I was done with pictures and boy did he not like that!
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If I knew I was going to have kids that turn out like Rusteeze I would have 10 hands down. Ok, maybe not 10 but I wouldn't hesitate to have a lot.
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He is the most social, easy going kid ever! He will cruise around the cultural hall at church until somebody picks him up. He will chill with that family for a bit then get down and roam until the next family adopts him for another 10 minutes. He could care less who is holding him. I could drop him off at a total random strangers house and he wouldn't mind a bit.
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He has an unconditional love for flip flops. If you have them, he will find them. He loves to pop up and suck on the round plastic thing that holds the straps together on the bottom. It's really gross. We had to make a rule for Lane that he can't leave is sandals on the floor because Rusty will go to town on them.
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The little man is officially a walker! It is stinkin cute. He has a bad waddle with the biggest bow legs and raises both hands in the air. I don't know how he's doing it? He can say the usual momma, dadadada, hot, ouch and yuck (my favorite).
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Rusty, you put a smile on my face every day! We just love you to pieces. Happy Birthday!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday Laners!

Our big boy turned 4 yesterday! Birthdays are so exciting for Lane. Whenever he hears of anybody having a birthday he makes sure that they have a birthday cake and candles to blow out. Needless to say  he was counting down the hours until his big day. Actually he would constantly ask "mom, is my birthday today"? Hallelujah I could finally say yes!

His day started by going to pre-school in the morning. He came home in an extra good mood and wearing a birthday crown with the number 4 all over it.

Later in the afternoon he chose to go goofy golfing with his 3 favorite pals Randon, Kennedy and Val! We also had a pizza party that night with the rest of our families.

Lane...oh that boy. We sure love him but sometimes we wonder where that kid came from! It's a good thing that when he is sweet he puts it on thick. Even if he can put a damper on your day we know we would be miserable without him!

Happy Birthday sweet boy. We love you!

Girls Night Out!

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Stephanie had the great idea of going to the Mindy Gledhill concert last night. I am all for a kid-less adventure! We were excited to have Valerie come with us and my mom ended up meeting us there too! Mindy put on a great show. Her voice and songs are refreshing to listen to compared to the usual radio artists.

The highlight of the night was meeting Stephanie Nielson! This picture almost didn't happen. After the concert, we went up to the front where the rest of the masses were trying to get a picture with NieNie. We decided to go around to the side of the stage were it was less crowded. As we were walking up she had a lady body guard person trying to escort her away to a backstage room. Right as she was approaching the stairs to leave our Stephanie squeezed between the "body guard" and asked NieNie if we could take a picture with her! She said of course! After my mom took the picture she said it was nice to meet you then walked away back stage. It was awesome.

We must have been on a high or something because we decided to go to Cheesecake Factory afterwards. We attacked the menu and ordered roadside hamburger sliders, reese's peanut butter cheesecake, brownie sundae and a hot fudge sundae...no joke! We walked in at 9:30 and were the very last to leave after closing which was 11pm. Seriously half the lights were already shut off as we were walking out!

It was such a fun night doing girly stuff with some of my favorite people!



Mixer

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One of Rusty's favorite pastimes is to unload all the water bottles from the pantry onto the floor. About twice a day I find myself restocking them back on the shelf. Yes I could easily move them up higher but it entertains him and it allows me to get things done... or sit and watch tv in peace:) It's funny because Lane would do the same thing. Can you tell who is who?

You can usually find Rusty crawling around with this toy broccoli in his mouth. He is getting close to full on walking. Oh my!


I have been enjoying a few Goodwill projects. I found both these dressers for a whole dolla! The brown one I kept as a night stand next to our bed and the ivory dresser I just sold at our garage sale. I forgot to take a before picture of the ivory dresser. Imagine your great grandma's living room, the Brady Bunch or the old Matta's on Main Street waiting area and that's what it originally looked like.

I have been wanting to do a garage sale for FOREVER! Easy money in my mind. I had the goal last year but it got too hot and it never happened. Well Casey was sick of squeezing the car between 2 massive piles of junk so we put it on the calendar for the 10th time and guess what, IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED! It was a huge success. Not only did we have the typical garage sale stuff, we made breakfast burritos and had soda for purchase as well. I thought we were pretty fancy.

So my friend (name will remain anonymous) gave me 3 garbage bags full of "treasures" after cleaning out her house. As I was digging stuff out of them getting things arranged on tables, I came across 3 bra's that were inside. I almost didn't put them out thinking nobody would buy them. Well I am proud to announce that the very first 3 items sold were...the three bra's! It was hilarious. Gotta love good ol' garage sale hoppers or buen viejo tolvas de venta de garaje:)

The Squeakquel of the Lawn Ornament

Cheers to a fun filled week of Happy Halloween festivities!

Lanes preschool had a parade and carnival. He wasn't digging the fact that he couldn't roam and do as he pleased without staying with the class. Half of the time was filled with tears because he WANTED TO GO BOWLING! We were both being tried of our patients that morning. It did end up being enjoyable once he got what he wanted (darn kid.)

We went to the State Fair. Love, love the State Fair! Especially happy hour, half price entrance plus $1 rides, food and games!

Sporting his spooky Walmart wear

Saturday was trick or treating day. Lane was ALVIN from Alvin and the chipmunks, not a baseball player like grandpa thought. Rusty was a GARDEN GNOME, not Santa Clause like Lane thought:) Lane had his costume picked out many months ago. I saw Rusty's little number at the store and laughed my head off then threw it in my cart. The beard and hat lasted a whole 10 seconds but he was still so so cute!

The only bummer was the lack of Butterfingers this year. Not a single one!