Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Back to Oklahoma We Go!

Well once again Cannon and I will be making that trip back up to Oklahoma. We have a lot of exciting things going on while we are there! We are having a combined birthday party for Cannon and Gage's 3rd birthday on Saturday. Then Saturday night I have to head to Pryor to celebrate my Papa's 70th birthday! Then on Sunday I will head back to Tulsa. I hope somewhere in that time Candice will have Cooper so that I will be able to be there for her like she was for me when Cannon was born. If she doesn't have him before Tuesday the doctor will induce her. So I will not come home until I see my new nephew! Well, he is not actually my nephew but Candice and I are as close as sisters so we just call our children each other's nephews! :) Once I make it home from Oklahoma I will then put Cannon's Texas party together because we will have everyone in town for that during Labor Day! And my Sunday School class decided to have a lake party that weekend so Saturday my day will be completely full!!! I am excited for everything though!

Lately we have been having an un-Godly amount of spiders around our house. I HATE SPIDERS! I have a major, MAJOR phobia of them. I find it hard to get in bed at night in fear that there is a spider waiting under the covers for me! So basically I am a big chicken when it comes to killing them. I don't want to get anywhere near them! Cannon has been catching on to the whole spiders thing and seeing them around the house and us killing them. Well the other day it was just Cannon and I, he came running in yelling "Fpider, Fpider Mommy!" Oh great I thought, I have to kill it. So I told him that I would take care of it, but he said "No Mommy! I do it!" and ran to the room. I started yelling "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO! Get back, get away from the spider!" He told me he wanted to kill it! I told him that only mommy and daddy can do it right now because spiders like to bite! I find it so sad that my almost 3 year old son is braver than I am. Andrew told me the other day he had killed a spider and told Cannon to get him toilet paper to pick it up. Cannon ran and got the paper and then picked the spider up HIMSELF!!!! That is where I draw the line! I kill them and then leave them for Andrew to pick up when he gets home. I am so ashamed of myself!

Wall Decor...

I love decorating. I was so excited when I finally had a place of my own to decorate any way I wanted. I love looking through magazines and getting ideas. I am not exactly sure where I got this idea but I was looking for something to spice up my bedroom decor and saw a print I am in love with right now. For some reason I am drawn to black and white prints. I was on the scrapbooking aisle at Wal-mart and this paper caught my attention. It was brown and white zebra print and a lot of other black and white, black and brown combinations. I thought to myself "Hmmm...I could do something with this." Then I had it. I decided to frame the scrapbook pages. I got the scrapbook tablet, which has about 15 pages with different designs, for $5.00. Then I went to the picture frame section and found 3 frames. I wanted it to go above my bed so I chose 3- 8X10's and they were $3.00 each. Here are the steps to framing the paper.


1. Take out the paper that is package in the frame as a display.

2. Lay it on the pattern paper of your choice. Make sure you find a good spot when the design will look good and centered. You don't want it to look chopped off.

3. Take a pencil and trace around the display paper, then cut it out. By using it as a guide it should insure that it will be a perfect fit for the frame.

4.Place the pattern paper in the frame and put the back of the frame on.

5. Hang your pictures where ever your heart desires!



Here is what my finished product looked like:

The middle one is hard to make out on here but it is a

black and brown design.
I think it looks pretty good for only costing about $15 bucks!

The Pantless Wonders

Cannon and his friend Ella grabbed the guitars and started singing and playing the other day. It was so cute I just had to catch it on tape! Then I notice both of them were pantless, hints the name The Pantless Wonders! HAHA! Hope you enjoy their performances.

I once again have a few very busy weekends ahead. I will have the Mileur Family in this weekend. We wanted to get everyone together once this summer to enjoy some good family time. I think we may go tour the new Dallas Cowboys' Stadium. Then next weekend I will be headed to Oklahoma once again to celebrate Cannon's birthday with his cousin Gage. They are both turning 3! I am also hoping my best friend goes into labor that week or weekend too! I really want to be there when she has baby Coop! I can't wait to meet him! And then the third weekend will be Labor Day weekend and we are having family over and then once again celebrating Cannon's birthday with the other side of the fam. I tell you what, my child is spoiled having two parties each year! Unfortunately that is the only way to do it so that everyone is able to be there.

I think I will begin to add a new feature to my blog. I alway enjoy a good craft so I decided that I would share these fun, EASY, crafts that I find so some of you might partake in them too! I don't think it will be an everday or even an every week thing but just when I run across some I will share them. I have a few in mind that I will start with! Next post though! Enjoy the videos!

Lately...

July is over!!! Praise the Lord! Cannon's surgery went really good. He was running around and back to himself by Friday night. He was a little tipsy when we got home. We all had fun watching his as he tried to lean over and would fall over or if he tried to walk he was go sideways and fall over. But after a long nap he was back to normal. He never really showed any signs that he was in any pain or discomfort from the surgery either. I was so happy that he didn't because that is so hard to handle knowing your baby is in pain and you can't do much to help them.

Nana has been here with us this past week and we tried round 2 of potty training. It worked this time!!! Cannon is going to the potty by himself during the day and we make him go when he first gets up and right before bed. He hasn't wet the bed yet! Knock on wood!!! Tuesday was a rough day with potty training and he peed his pants every single time he went that day. So I decided that night we would put his underwear on him but put a pull up on time to avoid a wet bed in the morning. So Andrew went to put the pull up on him and I heard "No Daddy!! Cannon a big boy. I don't wear diapers, I wear underwear!" We all starting cracking up! He went to bed with just underwear and didn't wet the bed that night either. The only part we are still working on is pooping in the potty. He goes in the bathroom and either poops in his pant and then dumps it in the toilet or poops on the floor and puts it in the toilet. This is progress and moving in the right direction. He actually pooped in the potty for the first time today. Hopefully that will be repeated from here out.

Lately Cannon has been saying some pretty funny stuff. For instance, I was telling Cannon last Sunday night before bed that when he got up in the morning he would be a big boy because he was not going to wear diapers anymore. He would be big and only wear underwear. I repeated this over and over and then asked Cannon what he would be in the morning. He promptly reply... PATIENT! I said no that is what mommy is going to be! HAHA!

Then the other night Cannon was coughing and he said "There's a frog in there! Mommy, the frog is choking me!" Seriously where did he get this stuff! It is hilarious to hear him say!

Well my next big event is Cannon's 3rd birthday! Let the planning begin!