My Little Thomas

In case you didn't know, Jack LOVES Thomas the Train. He has almost every Thomas movie, train - it's all about Thomas. Even so much this is his Halloween costume:


This past Friday my mom, stepdad, sister and I took him to the Callahan fair and he loved it. As we were walking up he said "Wow lights." He loved all the animals and espically the man with the tractors. He got to sit on one and pitched a fit when we took him off of it.


We are gearing up for Florida - Georgia weekend. It is going to be great! My aunt and uncle are coming in from Pensacola for the weekend. Until later.

Like Father, Like Son

Before Jon left he bought Jack a pair of Army PT shorts. They are exactly like Jon's only smaller. Jack absolutely loves them. I had to make a trip out to Camp Blanding a few weeks ago to get Jon a new patrol cap. I had been looking out at NAS Jacksonville but they had every size but the one I needed. So anyway, while I was out at Camp Blanding I picked up the matching T-shirt. He looks exactly like Jon with it on. Here is proof:



He is growing up so fast. Just thought that I would share.

I GOT IT!!!

So after a much needed rest and a trip to Gainesville, I finally got the couch that I have been wanting. My best friend Jess and I went to IKEA yesterday and had a blast. I got the right mattress for Jack's bed (I need to take a picture of his bed) and some other things. Here are pictures of the couch and the side table that I got.



Isn't it awesome!!!!




I am now a happy girl.

It's Fall....well in a sense

So if you live in Florida you know that this upcoming weekend is the first time in quite a while that it is going to be below 80 or 90. Last week, Jack and I went to the pumpkin patch with Winnie, Alan, Clara and the Dorminey's. We had a great time but it was SO hot. Jack helped me pick out some good pumpkins. Instead of carving them, I went and bought some paint and paint brushes and let him paint them. I also bought these things from Wal Mart that you just stick into the pumpkin and you can make different faces out of them. Here are some pictures of his pumpkins.





I am so excited to be heading to Gainesville tomorrow for a girls night out. After the night that I had last night I will be so happy to get some sleep tomorrow. Talk to everyone when I get back.

Change of Vacation Plans

So I mentioned here of a much needed vacation for my best friend Jess and I. Jess couldn't get the day off from work so we aren't able to go on the cruise. Instead, we are going to:


Dana Carvey is the headlining comedian, O.A.R. is the headlining band and joining the two of them will be the JabbaWockeeZ. Gator Growl is so much fun and it is the biggest student run pep rally in the US. It is awesome! The next day the Gators will be playing Arkansas for Homecoming. Once Gator Growl is over, we will be making the journey down to Orlando to stay the night here:


That Saturday morning (or whenever we get out of the bed) we are going to IKEA!!!! We are both so excited to have the time away from our children and time for ourselves.

A New Occupation....Sort of

No I haven't gotten another job - I LOVE working at the church. What has happened is that since Jon is gone I have become a handy man...of sorts. Friday, my grandmother and I made a day trip to IKEA!!!! We had so much fun. I went down to get Jack a new bed and some other things. Once I returned home I had to put his bed together and then I had to go get curtain rods to hang and put up my new curtains. I got Jack's bed put together before his bed time. When I say that I had to put it together I had to really put it together. Here is the proof.



Here is his bed - pre set up. It came in 2 boxes and then the slats for the bottom of the boat.



This is his room before.



This is his bed in the middle of putting it together.



And here is the finished product. I am so proud of myself - the only downfall is that his matress is not the right size but that is okay.

The other project this weekend was hanging up curtain rods and curtains. The curtains that I bought from IKEA are a certain length and they come with an iron on hem strip so you can make them any length that you want them. Here is what it looked like before the curtains.





Here is what it looks like with 3 of the 4 curtain rods and curtains up.





I think that I did pretty darn good. In 2 weeks I am getting a new couch and a new chair for the living room. Jon really dislikes the couch that I am getting and probably will not like the chair either. I told him yesterday that he can turn the office/middle bedroom into his man room. He was happy with that idea. Now that I feel like my arms are going to fall off I am going to get the maintence man here at the apartments to hang the final rod because I have been having problems with it.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend.

Missing his daddy

Last night Jack wanted to listen to Jon read him a Dr. Suess book. Jon read him a book while he was in Kuwait at the USO building and they put in on a DVD and then sent it to us. I put in the DVD and I had to put in on repeat because when it stopped Jack got mad. He fell asleep last night listening to Jon read to him. Here are some pictures that I got.

An ER trip

So today has been a very interesting day. We were scheduled to spend the day with my best friend and her son at the zoo. It started out that way. We went to the Original Pancake House for breakfast and then all loaded up in Jess' truck and headed to the zoo. As we were loading up the truck, I heard Jack say "uh-oh" and I looked and he had gotten sick. I just thought that he had gotten himself worked up in the restaurant and he was tired. I told him it was okay and put him in the truck and away we went. He eventually fell asleep. By the time we got to the zoo things had gotten worse. Jack was not himself. He didn't act like Jack. We were there about 45 minutes and decided that it was time to call the doctor and head to the emergency room. I carried him in and we were back to a room in about 15 minutes. He was dehydrated and had a temperature of 102.4. They came in and put an IV in his hand and gave him fluids. Here is a picture of him (in a much better mood once he got some fluids in him).



So we are both exhausted after those 3 hours in the Wolfson's ER. He is sleeping and I am on my way to bed.

A Boy and His Bananas

This was Jack yesterday after a quick trip into Publix. I got a Publix sub for me for dinner and he saw the containers of fruit and wanted some. Then he saw the banana balloon and wanted those instead. So I got him 3 bananas and he held them in his arms like that through the entire store. The lady that was bagging put them in a bag for him and he kept them there until we got into the car. After I took this picture I had to peel one of them for him and he ate the whole thing before we even got home.

This boy makes me laugh everyday.

TV is back!!!!!

So there are only a few things that I watch during the summer - Army Wives, Drop Dead Diva and Pysch. I am so excited that the fall season has begun!!!! Tonight was the first night of some of the shows that I watch.


So You Think You Can Dance is now on in the fall. I absolutely love this show. I became hooked on it during the first season and haven't stopped watching it since.


This is my new favorite show. I missed it back in the fall when the pilot aired but watched it 2 weeks ago and fell in love with it. It is so funny.

Next week my FAVORITE show returns!!!!

I loved David Boreanaz in Buffy and Angel and he is hilarious in Bones. I am so ready for it to come back.

Lastly, my other favorite show returns from a very suspenseful ending. Plus, I want to see if McGee and Abby get back together.



I love when 8 o'clock rolls around because Jack is usually in bed and I get a chance to sit on the couch by myself and watch TV.