Playdough!!!!

One of the most wonderful creations of all time. Playdough. It can keep Corgan entertained for about an hour! It's fantastic! Of course, Playdough gets all over the kitchen, but no big deal! At least I get some time to clean!



This week was very full! Corgan fully recovered from H,F & M and we proceeded to get back into our regular schedule which really wore us out! I finally talked to my manager and told her that I had to cut down my classes since I was spreading myself too thin. I got rid of my Wednesday night class since it always made me late for YW and made for an extremely long night. Corgan and I wouldn't get home until around 8:30 or 9. Poor kid!

*yawn*

I am exhausted. I taught a 6 am class and when I came home Corgan was awake and ready for the day! Grrrr..... Travis "worked" from home today, so we went to breakfast at Whataburger - I am absolutely addicted to their eggs. Travis let me sleep for about an hour when we got home and then it was off to my day at the spa! I got one of the BEST massages I have EVER had! And I've had a lot! This woman was really tiny. She packs a powerful punch! My hamstring had been acting up where I couldn't stretch it and boy did she work me over! I feel FANTASTIC now. I highly recommend her. It was ninety minutes of heaven....

After my massage I got a facial by this really sweet lady from Russia. I love accents and hers was so cute. She was wonderful. THEN, I had a spa pedicure where this woman rubbed my legs and feet with hot stones. Droooooool.....

Needless to say, it was a lovely day. Yeah for Travis! He didn't get any work done, but got to spend the day playing with Corgan. Can't pass that up!

Corgan's doing fantastic. His last blister is just about healed. I got a call from Aaron today. He just wanted to send me a great big "Thanks!" Apparently it's Nick's turn. Sigh.... He has blisters on his hands and some in his mouth. Poor guy. Nick was so sweet at the family get together that he was sharing his chicken strips with Corgan, but Corgan kept "double dipping" in Nick's sauce. We won't be doing that again....

Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous and Corgan and I played outside. He loves to swing and just cracked up the whole time we were out there. I got some good pics:




Corgan has this whole "throwing thing". Here's a picture Mid Chunk:



He built this all by himself! Daddy was so proud:



Tooooooo cute:



Corgan LOVES stickers and likes to put them all over his body!

Corgan is "sick"....

Lovely face, Corgan.... But you can see the blister on his big toe......



Studying like Daddy

They reason I put sick in quotes is because technically he is sick.... He has Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, which is pretty contagious, however he is currently running around the house, talking at the top of his lungs, laughing and playing. Oh, yeah. He's "sick". He started breaking out with these blisters on his feet on Monday so I took him to the doctor's office and they told me that he has Hand, Foot and Mouth. Oh, yeah. Joy. It can get pretty nasty, with sores in the mouth that really hurt so they don't want to eat or drink. It lasts for about a week to ten days, depending on the severity. LUCKILY Corgan doesn't have any sores in his mouth AT ALL. He is eating like a horse and hasn't run a fever or anything. His blisters are already healing, so it looks like it was a very mild case. Thank heaven. However, Corgan has infected about a third of the metroplex and I was on the phone all evening telling people that their kids will more than likely get it. He was around his cousins on Saturday, Evan on Sunday, nursery kids on Sunday, playgroup on Monday, and the daycare at the gym every day that week.

What really ticked me off was that the nurse practioner told me he wasn't contagious anymore once he broke out with the blisters. Not so says every freakin website on the subject. That really ticked me off. I could have infected even more kids! Maybe they're just trying to get more business. Butt nuggets.

Yesterday was my birthday and we spent it sequestered in the house. It was actually kind of nice to just lay low for once. I've had to get subs for all of my classes this week, so I have had a nice, quiet week.

Travis got this freaking amazing carrot cake (my FAVORITE!!!!) and on Friday he is working from home so I can have a half day at the spa. Sigh.... I am SO looking forward to that!

Well, Travis needs to get on the computer so he can do some school work. I'll keep you posted on my boring week!

Busy Weekend

We had a great weekend! Mom and Dad came down on Friday and we went out to eat and to the Church bookstore. I love going there! We got a cool DVD for FHE that has the lesson, scripture, and song on it, so all you need to add is refreshments! It's a cute cartoon of the Joseph Smith story, so I think that Corgan will like it. It's the lazy family's way of doing FHE, but hey, at least we're doing it!!!!

Saturday I dropped Mom off at Hobby Lobby while I taught a class and she got to shop for about an hour and a half at her leisure! She bought this huge Christmas tree and luckily it fit in my Expedition! Afterwards we went to Mimi's for lunch and it was great to have a nice meal without interruption (although we did miss Corgan!).

After that, Corgan and I went to a Heavenly Toes party (check out the link http://heavenlytoes.com/ ) and got a present for my mom for her birthday! You get your child's foot or hand print put on a piece of pottery and then an artist creates a really cool picture on it. They have things for Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving and all year round. It's really pretty neat! We'll see how it turns out. The woman who did Corgan's feet said he was by far the most difficult child she had ever tried. It took all of my strength to keep him from kicking the plate (or the woman in the head) and he cried like he was dying. Then Konner gets up there (one of my friend's little boys) and he just sits there like an angel and doesn't even move. Sheesh. Corgan is so DRAMATIC!!!!! Anyway, the piece will be back in a few weeks and I'll take a picture of it.

Then we went to the Michael's for the family dinner. My cousin Matt was there from California and we haven't seen him in about eleven years! It was really nice to see him and visit with him. He's a good guy.

Today was church and then the Bryan's came over for dinner. Travis cooked on the grill, even though it was raining (he's nuts) and we had a great dinner. They are awesome! We played a Friend's Trivia Game that Danielle and I won (of course).

Now I am tuckered out and I have a class at 6 that I hope I make it to.... ;) Night!

I'm a big dork....

Well, the Pregnancy Brain has settled in. I'm losing it. On Wednesday I had a 6 am class and woke up at 6:30!!!! Crap! Then today I was teaching a class and I ended it 15 minutes early! I thought class was over at 7:30, when it was actually 7:45. I am a huge dork. None of the people seemed to mind. They said I had killed them in the forty five minutes I taught, so I guess that's good. Sort of!

Corgan and I have been busy, busy, busy!!!! He's been doing super well in the kid's clubs at the gyms and at one of the gyms there's a lady there that was teaching him new signs! She is going to school to be an interpreter for the deaf and she taught him how to sign "friend." It was so dang cute!

Nothing really new here. Just tired. With Travis going back to school it's really been hard on me. I don't ever get a break! He's studying in the evenings so I've got bath duty, cleaning duty, bed duty, diaper duty, etc duty all day long. Sun up to sun down. Sigh....

I would post some cute pics of Corgan but I can't seem to download them onto the computer. Sheesh. I'll try and get some on here tomorrow!!!!

I don't have a class tomorrow! WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! I get a day off! I'm so EXCITED!

Check Up

I had my sixteen week checkup today and was able to finally hear the baby's heartbeat!!!!! That is such an awesome moment to hear the woosh woosh of the little heart beating. Pregnancy is so amazing, isn't it?! I'm feeling little kicks every now and then and am starting to notice a rounding of my belly. In five weeks I find out if I'm having a girl or a boy!!!! I can't wait!!!! I remember how nervous I was in finding out what Corgan was.

I am so beat. I taught eight classes since Monday. Sheesh. I'm flat worn out! I don't have anything again until Sunday, and I am grateful for the break!

And so it begins....

Travis is training him early.... He and Corgan were playing video games last night and Corgan got to where he could play by himself! His character kept jumping into the lake and dying, but he knew how to move the guy and make him jump. Scary!!!!







Travis is going back to school to finish his bachelor's. He's going to Devry and getting his degree in, get this, Gaming and Simulation. They seriously have a degree in gaming. He's so excited!!!! He got his first textbook and has been reading it non stop! He'll be finished with the whole book before his first class on Friday! I am so happy for him that he's found something that he really enjoys and can make a career of it. He is really frustrated with his job and doesn't feel challenged anymore. This will be good for him! He goes Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Hopefully all goes well!!!!

"Cudder!!!!"

Corgan has these really cool markers that color only on "magic paper" and yesterday he came up to me and said, "Cudder! Cudder! Want cudder!" He wanted me to color with him. I love listening to him jabber!

Feeling yucky.

I hate this in between stage of pregnancy where your pants really don't fit anymore and you look like you're just getting fat. It's too early to wear maternity clothes, but your regular clothes make you feel like a sausage. Needless to say, I won't be posting any pics of myself for quite some time!!!!

Corgan is doing GREAT! He's getting up earlier, which makes my life a lot easier in some ways. I seem to get more done during the day, but at the same time, so does he! I was going around cleaning the house and he was following behind me messing it up. Sigh. I don't even know why I bother!!!!

I've been teaching classes like crazy! I'm having a BLAST and now have 7, maybe 8 permanent classes. Not too shabby for having just started teaching a few months ago! My goal is 8 a week.

I taught the Young Women a strength class on Wednesday night and they about died!!! I think they are probably pretty sore today! It was fun, though. I want them to get in the habit now of taking care of their bodies.