My Little Sister's 21st Birthday

Well, my "baby" sister turned 21 on Saturday, October 17! There is nothing like your younger, little, baby sister turning 21 to make you feel so old! I think I'm still in shock by it to be honest. I remember the day she was born, I mean the events even, of the day she was born! It seems so crazy! We celebrated it pretty big with the family. We went to Harrah's Casino, even grandma and grandpa joined us there, which was so incredibly awesome! It was my mom, Barry, Glenn, Racheal, Kyle, Me, Paul, Chris, Theresa, grandma, grandpa, and of course, the birthday girl Amy! Barry won about $100 on one of the slot machines and gave it to Amy for her birthday! So sweet! There he is on his "winning" slot machine!

After the casino, Grandma and grandpa, mom, Barry, and Kyle headed back to Slidell while Paul, Chris, and Glenn went out. Racheal, Theresa, Me, and Amy headed back to Racheal's apartment to celebrate with decorations and cupcakes! We played mad gab and had a wonderful time!

Then, it was time to head out! We started at Pat O's and got Amy her first hurricane and the guys showed up, so we all hung out together somewhere else I think.

Then, the guys were hungry and went to Racheal's apt and Chris and Theresa headed home, while Amy, Me, and Racheal went to the gold mine! I was really DONE, but since it was Amy's 21st birthday, I was instructed to go along. We really did end up having a great time, but it was rough getting home! All in all, I'm pretty sure we did a good job giving Amy a great 21st birthday and she did indeed, celebrate it in the best way possible!

10 Years Already...My Reunion!

I cannot believe that I just had my 10 year high school renunion! We had it on Saturday, October 3 at the Salmen- Fritchie House where Paul and I got married. It was our first time back since then! I went to Sadie's house to get ready, while Paul and her husband Justin went to Sadie's mom's house to watch the game. I had such a great time catching up with Sadie and gettting ready with her just like the good 'ole days! Paul and I rode with her and Justin to the reunion also, which was so much fun! It was absolutely awesome to see my classmates, many of them that I hadn't seen since we graduated! It was weird though....I could not believe that I could recognize so many faces and actually not know their names without looking at their name tags and it was only 10 years...and I usually have a great memory! Craziness that 10 years can make you forget some people when I went to a school where everyone knew each other...literallly.... I mean I only graduated with 99 people in my class! There was actually one girl who I not only didn't recognize, but even after reading her name tag, I still had no idea who she was....now, that is sad! But, I did what I thought was the decent thing, walked over, said hello asked how she was and told her it was great to see her! No idea who she was! That's horrible!

After the reunion, we all went to Old Town in Slidell to hang out some more and some people who weren't at the reunion were there, so it was awesome! My brother and sister came out there too, so that was great of course! Julie, I am soooooo glad that you made it out that night and tell Lindey I was absolutely thrilled to see her; it had been too long (though judging by the hug I gave her, I'm sure she knows...haha!) It was also awesome to hang out with Jennie and Sadie and a few more of my good friends that I don't get to see often enough! And, Jennie, you cracked me up! You are so freaking funny; loved it. Well, I must've had a lot of fun because apparently Paul had to practically carry me inside when we got home! I literally have not been like that in over 5 years, so I guess I was due! I would like to add that I did not throw up that night, nor the next morning, so Renee, be proud!!! Overall, I think we all enjoyed seeing each other again...I guess that is one of the positives of going to a small school!!!

Me and Sadie

Me and Paul Tim, Sadie, Jonathan, & Me Lindsey (Julie's sis), Julie, & Me Julie, Me, Lisa, & Jennie Julie, Me, & Paul Julie, Amy, Kyle, Me, & Paul Amy, Me, & Kyle Me & Julie Me, Jennie, Julie, & Sadie

Fire Truck Field Trip

Friday, October 2, we went to the Gonzales Fire Station for a little field trip with Paul and Preston's school. We heard the loud noises of the fire trucks, listened to a fireman talk about how he saves people from fires, and see what a fireman wears when he goes into a fire to rescue people! It was a lot of fun for them because this time they got to take a ride in a real fire truck! Our friends Keely and Kate came along with us and we are so glad they did! Hopefully, they will make it on more of our field trips with us!

My 28th Birthday

This is really sad, but I feel like I lost a whole year of my life somehow because up until Julie's birthday at the end of August, I thought we were 26! Yes, it is pretty pathetic, but then I realized we were 27 and so I got to actually know I was 27 for 3 weeks or so until September 19 when I turned 28! I'm a dork! Anyway, my birthday was on saturday, but Friday Glenn and Racheal, his "best girlfriend ever, who I secretly pray he will marry one day in the next 5 years" came up to babysit and spend the night because they were going tailgating the next morning. So, Paul and I got to go out and eat for my birthday (at Times!) and do some looking at cameras, which will be my bday present!
The next day for my bday, my wonderful cousin Nicole came over to watch the boys for us so Paul and I could go out to Walk-Ons with Glenn, Racheal, and Amy to watch the game! We had an awesome time and it was so great to get out of the house and back in the LSU scene! We had a blast and I had a great birthday!

Look at that....I still got it! First shot of the game; nothing but net! Haha!

Happy 1st Birthday Peyton

Peyton's actual 1st birthday was on Tuesday, September 15! I cannot believe how fast this past year has gone by. For his special day, Paw Paw came over and we had cake again and let him dig into his piece, which of course he thoroughly enjoyed! We all wore winnie the pooh 1st bday hats and mommy made his cake and decorated it all by herself! I think I did a pretty good job for my first time really doing a "decoration" on a cake! I'm proud of it! Anyway, we had a lot of fun watching Peyton get messy and even putting icing on the walls and in Preston's hair. And, out of all our boys' 1st birthdays, I have to say that Peyton enjoyed his cake the most! Not that the other 2 didn't, we thought they were maniacs with the cake too, but after seeing Peyton, we now know that he was the craziest with it! After cake, Peyton opened the few presents we saved for his actual day! Happy Birthday my baby boy!

1 Year update: Peyton has 6 teeth now, the 4 top ones and the 2 middle bottom ones and he now says "Buba," along with the usual moma, dada, and uh-oh!

Personality: He is still so sweet and so cute! He has a touch of the, as Paul calls it "Guerra-tude" but not as bad as Preston did/ does. Peyton will lay on the ground and kick his legs and put his head down when he doesn't get what he wants! He has little Paul's "climbing" abilities, and he loves, loves, loves big pillows and stuffed animals and anything he can lay on top of on the floor and kick his arms and legs out and laugh! (Preston did this as well, but not as much). He loves balls and can throw them pretty well for his age. A ball will entertain him for a long time! He also rides his little four wheeler all by himself very well, and has been since about 10 months old! But mostly, he loves playing with his big brothers, especially Paul because he's older and not as mean as Preston is to him (meaning Paul understands Peyton is a baby and doesn't know any better), but he still loves playing with Preston when Preston is in the mood! He really misses them when they are gone at school. Also, for those of you wondering about his ability to give "the best hugs ever?" Yes, he still does....he literally gives the best hugs I have ever had a baby give. He is just too sweet!

Physical advances: He started walking Saturday, September 5 with about 5 steps in the living room and then kept doing that half walk and half crawl thing they do for a while. It wasn't until the 17th of September that he began the more walk than crawl phase, which he is getting better and better at, so basically he's walking. He walked out of his room the other day and across the living room several times now. I find he really walks everywhere unless he wants to go faster....I guess he's impatient! He reverts to crawling when he wants to "catch up" with his brothers and he knows crawling will get him there faster! Other than that though, he walks! Our last little boy! We are cherishing every moment of this phase!

Preston's 1st day of preschool

Preston started his 3 year old preschool the day after Paul on Wednesday, September 9. It was a sad day for me because it was my first time dropping him off at school. I had a few tears, and apparently so did he, but he does seem to like it. It's just the initial getting out of the car that still has him sad. My little boys are growing up so fast! And Peyton gets noticEably sad when his big brothers are gone! He's so used to having them aroud to play with he doesn't know what to do with himself when they're gone!