Coupons

Just saying that I want to learn this coupon business. I think it could be a new hobby. If anybody is good at it and would like to teach me I am all ears. I found a cool website of a lady in Oklahoma it is http://www.couponcloset.net/ she even teaches classes. Sounds fun.

I also ran in my first half marathon (13.1 mi) a couple of weeks ago! It was a great fun experience. The wind was not our friend that day however and blew 20 mph against us for 12.5 miles. I am glad I did it and will definetly do another one sometime.

Happy 2nd Birthday

Our sweet little princess is now two years old! I can't believe how time has past. We love her more and more every day and could never imagine our lives with out her. She is so full of energy and has the funniest little personality. She loves her big brother and wants to do EVERYthing he does. She is so silly, she wants to drink coffee (it is really just chocolate milk that we stick in the microwave for a few second) All of her little words crack us up, she is very talkitive. Everytime she gets in the car she wants to listen to Baby, Baby (Justin Bieber)We love you sweet princess.

Tucker has had a great spring break, spending most of it with his Blah and Papa. They took him to Fort Worth to a car show spent the night and are playing at the stockyards today. He is having a blast! Tomorrow I will running my first and maybe last half marathon. I am really nervous and a little excited. My goal is to finish, I NEVER thought I would be able to run this far. I have also been working hard this week on my National Boards. I only have 1 entry left to complete and mailed off by the 31st of this month.

Just Clowning Around

We finally got to celebrate Tucker's 7th birthday today. This year he chose a monster theme. At first I wasn't sure that it would be very cute but, I LOVED it. My mom made the cutest monster cupcakes, Tucker and I made some monster decorations and we used lots of bright primary colors. He also really wanted a clown for some entertainment. So I found one online that we had seen a party before. Her name is Sweet-Tart and she is great! Here is her website http://www.texomaparties.com/ She did some awesome face painting, a little magic show and made Tucker a really cool balloon parrott. We ran out of time for all of the kiddos to get a ballon. We all had an absolute blast!! I am so thankful for all the wonderful family and friends that we have in our lives. My mom spent all day helping me clean and decorate for today's festivities. Then she stayed and helped clean up too. Not to mention that she had stayed up until 1:30 am decorating the cupcakes. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful mom that loves me and my family to pieces. Even with all the yucky weather so many people took the time to show Tucker how important he is to them by coming to celebrate with us. Seven years ago I could have never imagined all the blessings God had in store for my life. I am so blessed to have Tucker as my son. He has taught me so much about life and what is really important. He has taught me love unconditional. Tucker has such a sweet heart and loves life! I am so excited to continue to love him and watch him grow. I know God has great things ahead for my little love bug. Here are a few pictures from today!

It has been a while

Well a LOT has changed since my last post. Leah is almost two and Tucker just turned seven. They are both full of energy and are keeping Jake and I very busy. Tucker is playing basketball right now. Last week he had the Flu on his birthday so we had to cancel and reschedule for this weekend. We have been out of school since Tuesday because of snow and ice. We are still having the party though and we just may go sledding as the party activity if the clown I hired is unable to make it.Tucker is reading now. He is not so sure if he likes it or not. He says that he would rather just work on cars. I have told him you still have to learn to read! I also think that he is the best lego builder ever. He loves them and could build all day long. He is also in his first years of cub scouts and he is loving it! I am so proud of the young man he is and is becoming. Leah is learning and changing so much every day. She loves Minnie and Mickey Mouse. If it has mouse on it she has to have it. Her best friend is her cousin Maddie. Those girls are so funny together. Their conversations crack me up. Blah and PaPa are her favorite people, she always wants to go to their house or in Blah's car. She likes to call her Meems and Pop on the phone. Her favorite toys are baby dolls and an IPhone. She is very dramatic, I know I will be in trouble in about 10 years. Her sweet smile can always make everything instantly okay.

We have been snowed in for FOUR days. We finally went out today and went sledding in our neighborhood. We had a blast with some great friends!

That's all for now, I am going to try REALLY hard to keep up with this better! Happy reading!

Can't think of a good title!

So here is the Picture of Tucker on his first day of kindergarten! He is doing great and with a little encouragement making lots of new friends. He has a little tendency to only play with one person ALL the time! I just want him the be able to play with lots of kids.

Isn't he adorable and handsome! Even with his goofy smile.He wasn't sure that he was ready to go back to school!

We have been attending several local football games. We mostly go to Dickson since that is where most of the youth from church go. They are all either on the football team, cheering or in the band. But last night Lone Grove played Plainview so we had to go. I must admit it was very strange walking in on the visitors side of the plainview football field wearing a Lone Grove jacket and carrying my little Lone Grove cheerleader. We are longhorns now but deep down inside I will always be an indian. Speaking of that, three of the first grade teacher graduated from Plainview (Me, Kari and Jen) and three graduated from Lone Grove. This being Plainviews centenial they made this cute shirts that have an indian on the front and the back says... everything I need to know I learned at Plainview. They are so cute too. So the three indians couldn't resist a cute t shirt and a little practical joke. We wore our Plainview shirts to school yesterday (yes, we did but we changed into our LG shirts later). It was so funny to see the kids faces and our principals. She even made us all certificates that name us a "work in progress". It was a lot of fun and we sure needed that after being stuck inside for a whole week with no recess. AGGHHH. These are some pics from both games!

Happy 1/2 birthday!

So it has really been forever since I have blogged but with a 5 year old and a 6 month old(today) time to play on the computer rarely comes around!

My precious baby girl turned 6 months today. Time has really flown, I knew it would but it still shocks me. Leah's little personality is starting to shine more and more each day. She loves her mommy, daddy and brother. Her favorite thing to say is dadada I tell her mamama all the time and she just smiles her big toothless grin and laughs. I love her more and more each day if that is possible. She hasn't quite mastered the crawling but she rocks back and forth a lot and starts to move one leg forward. I know before long she will be on the go. Leah is a great shopper! YES!!! I imagine us shopping together for many many years to come. Leah is such an amazing beautiful blessing and I am so honored to be able to share my life with her. Here are some of her pictures we had taken today.

Tucker started Kindergarten three weeks ago. I can believe it. He is most definetly the cutest boy in Lone Grove Elementary. He gets out of class 15 minutes before we do and he walks to my room each afternoon all by himself. It is the perfect way to end a LONG day with 20 first graders! He always greets my with a hug, which I love! He is getting so much smarter. The other night I was working with him on some sight words and Leah kept trying to grab his paper, in the sweetest most sincere voice he said, "Leah please stop grabbing my paper, Mommy is trying to teach me to read." I almost started crying right then. I am so proud of the sweet, loving, caring boy he is and am also blessed he have him as my son. I will post his first day of school pic soon!

So yes back to school for me. I had been off for about 5 months and was not looking forward to leaving Leah at the babysitters. Even though I know she is loved and taken care of there. I love watching her grow and learn all her new tricks. However, the pay check was calling and the school bell was ringing. I do have a very good class this year. I think we are going to have a lot of fun and I am going to be able to teach them lots of new exciting things! (including how to read) That is a strenous task but at the end of the year is so rewarding to have them all asking if they can read me a story. I have some really funny and sweet personalities this year.

Everybody loves a cowgirl!

Ok short blog, I just wanted to share the cutest pic with everybody of my adorable little Oklahoma State Cowgirl! I will write an update later. Only 2 more days of school left!!! YIPPY SKIPPY!!!!!!

Go Pokes!!!!!!

It's been a while

I have been a horrible blogger. A lot has been going on since the last time I updated this thing. Well, some of you know that Leah was not a very happy little baby girl. She would cry ALL the time and nothing seemed to calm or sooth her completely. She has been to the Dr. several time and we have tried different things. We have finally got that girl comfortable. About four weeks ago I took her in because she was spitting up all the time and seemed to be crying from pain. She went to have an upper GI at the hospital and all was good but, she has reflux. I was nervous to start her on medicine so young but after a month of no sleep and a crying baby we decided to give it a try. Two different medicines and about 2 1/2 weeks later she was better but still in pain and spitting up. Last Sunday our Dr (who goes to church with us and is a friend) called me after church and said I think that Leah is lactose intolerant, why don't you try giving her formula (soy) and see if she sleeps any better and spits up less. I was bummed about trying formula after trying so hard to nurse her (mastitis twice.) She slept like 5 hours straight. We went in to the office on Monday morning and had some blood work and x-rays done to make sure she didn't have any infections, and started her on lactose-free, formula. This past week Leah has been a different child. Not much spitting up and has been much more comfortable. Me on the other had not so comfortable. The drying up process of milk is not so fun. So it has been bitter sweet, I am SO glad that Leah is feeling better but sad that I had to stop nursing her. It was our special time

Tucker has been great and having fun at school. We all went to his Easter party/hunt at school and had a blast. I will be signing him up for T-ball this afternoon and he is really excited about that. A couple of projects of his at home are that we are currently growing five butterflies, they should be emerging in a few days and hopefully I will get some pictures of him with them before we have to let them go. We are also growing cactus, he planted the seeds and placed it in the window of the kitchen and they are growing! He also has a 57 chevy truck at my parents that he thinks he is going to make into a hot rod. (That is his passion right now) He and my dad work on it and Tucker has a blast. He can start it up all by himself now (thank goodness it has 4 flat tires) He also loves to go fishing and caught several really BIG fish last week with my dad. Here are a few pictures!

















Leah before formula!























Leah after formula!



Tucker fishing!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Yesterday was a great St. Patrick's day! The weather was beautiful and I was home with my two amazing kids! Leah and I sat on the back porch and watch Tucker play his sand box! Tucker held Leah for the first time yesterday, ever time I ask him if he wants to hold her he says no. Well I didn't give him a choice I said," hold her so Mommy can take a quick picture." As soon as I put her in his arms you could see the love and pride all over his face, after the picture was taken he said I still want to hold her. Here is one of the cute pictures I got of them!

A Family of Four

Our beautiful little princess came to join our family finally. She is amazing and beautiful. I just look at her and am amazed at how much God has blessed our family. I am so thankful to him for all he has given us. Leah Charlene Long entered this world on Thursday at 4:19 P.M. she weighed 8lbs 4oz and measured 19.9 inches long. Tucker is so proud and protective of her already! He is such an amazing little boy with a HUGE heart. He loves his sister already but, the change has been hard on him. He has been great but last night was very hard on him and I. It breaks my heart to know that his whole world is changing, he loves his sister and at the same time he just wants his mommy back. Last night he and I had a little cry session. I held and rocked him for at least ten minutes while he and I both boo hooed. When I asked him why he was crying he said he was sad be he didn't know why. I am trying EXTRA hard to keeep things as normal for him as possible. He means everything to me and I love him so much that I don't want his feelings to be hurt even a little bit. Jake is being an amazing Daddy. He is trying to help do anything he can. If only the dad's were given milk too. Leah is perfect I can watch her and kiss her little face all day long. Here are a few pictures!

Patiently Waiting

My (or Leah's) due date has come and past. Like her big brother she is holding out for who knows what. On Friday I went to the Dr to be monitored , Leah was sleeping apparently and that is not was the Dr wanted her to be doing. After drinking a HUGE glass of water, two cans of apple juice and one potty break later, we were allowed to head home. When the Dr. checked me there had been no changes fome the previouse two visits (dialated to 1.5 and 50% effaced). They had me scheduled to be induced tomorrow March 2 but I decided I wanted to give my body a little more time to maybe progress on its own. So I head back to the Dr. tomorrow for anothe stress test and to be checked again. They will let me know whether I need to come in Wed evening for something to soften my cervix the rest of the way or Thursday morning to start pitocin. All that is if she doesn't come on her own by then. At least by Thursday evening we should be holding Little Miss Leah in our arms! I am SO ready for her to be here!

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

The count down is on. I only have 10 days until Leah's due date. Last Friday when I went to the Dr. I was dilated to a 1.5 and 40-50% effaced. They asked if I wanted to schedule and induction for Wednesday (yes in only 2 days) but I opted to wait it out. So, we are playing a little waiting game. I am very anxious for her to be here and meet my little princess and expierence all the love and joy she will add to our lives. On the other hand I am so savoring these last day we have with Tucker as an only child, just the three of us. I am hoping that she won't come until later next week or the next so I can let Tucker play hookie and him and I have a Tucker/Mommy day, which always requires going to McDonalds for at least a hour and a half. I go to the Dr. again this Friday and we will see what they say!

Turning 5

Tomorrow is Tucker's 5th birthday party! I am so excited for him. It is so hard to believe that five years have already past. It seems just like yesterday I was pregnant with him and now five years later I am about to have a baby girl. Tucker is the most amazing blessing God has given us. I love him with all my heart and can't imagine a day without him. He has grown up so fast. He is learning new things in preschool, making new friends, and starting to be a little funny guy. He loves to make people laugh with his silly jokes and goofy dances. I am so proud of the wonderful little boy he is and am in awe at what a big boy he is becoming. Time Flies.

Update

I will post some pictures of Tucker and our wonderful Christmas soon. He had a great time and as usual got a ton of toys that I have to find a spot for! The Joy on his face was so worth it though. This is just a quick update on Leah. I went to the Dr. today and she is doing good. Her heart beat was 138 then she started moving and it went up a little. (She is very active). I am measuring 34 weeks which they said was fine( I am only 32 weeks). I don't have too much swelling but I am so tired all the time. Tucker went to the Dr. with us today and was excited to hear her heart beating. That is about all there was today. I don't want her to get here early but I feel like a Stuffed whale on a beach! So bring on the end of Feburary I am ready!

Merry Christmas

With CHRISTmas fast approaching I was reminded at church Sunday morning what a precious gift God has given us. Our pastor made this statement "I"(insert name) am the reason for the season. Because of me God sent his son Jesus to live on this earth and die a horrifying death because of me. He loves us all so much that he was willing to give the ulitmate gift! I am so thankful to have been able to recieve his gift! We have also been a busy family this November and December. Tucker ran in the Chigger Chase. He ran 1/4 of a mile and didn't stop he tripped one time because he was looking for Jake but got right back up and finished the race. I am so proud of him he is an amazing little boy and I love him more and more each day. He was most excited about getting another medal to hang in his room. He has also been sick some. Starting PreK this year I think that he has caught everything. He is feeling better now and is excited for Santa to come. His Class lead the celebration assembly this month and he was in charge of leading the flag salutes (U.S. and Oklahoma) He did a great job and remembered all his lines. They also sang a couple of cute songs. Then, last week he had his Christmas party in his classroom he had a good time with his friends. Blah came with him to his party and helped out, Tucker thought that this was really cool. They had a visitor "Santa" and when he left Tucker turned around to his friends and said, "that was not the real Santa, he was too Skinny." We are excited for he reaction on Christmas morning and are still awaiting our little Leah. She should be here in Feburary. Her and I are both growing and she likes to keep her feet in my ribs making it hard to breath. Tucker is already so sweet to her. He talks to her everyday and tells her that he loves her and some other silly things every once and a while. I hope everybody has a Merry Christmas! There will be another update after the end of this week I'm sure!

Fall Time

My mom, Tucker and I went to Branson over fall break here are a few pics of our fun time there!

World's Largest McDonalds!

Silver Dollar City!

On the Ducks with Blah! He had a blast!

We also carved pumpkins at my mom and dad's house and went to the pumpkin patch with my brother, sister-in-law and niece Maddie! Tucker had a blast. We also carved pumpkins at home. He was really into carving pumpkins this year and kept wanting to do more! For halloween he dressed up as a clown. I was busy at the fall festival trying to make sure everything was running smoothly so I didn't get very many ics of him there :(. He had fun mostly he just ran around and played. He lost his sack like two times but, at least we didn't have to bring home a ton of candy! Our family has been so blessed to have such a wonderful life together and I thank God for all of them each day!

Oh and I have been tagged. ok, so here are the rules: I have to tell 7 random things about myself and then tag 7 friends. ( I don't even think I have seven friends on here!)

1. I do NOT want to have belly pics or any type of pics taken while I am pregnant! I think that they are cute of other people but not of myself gross!

2. I like shopping for Tucker and Leah's clothes much more than my own now!

3. Summer is my favorite season because you can go swimming and I HATE being cold.

4. January 29, 2004 my most favorite day of the year. Tucker's birthday and this year he will be 5. I can't hardly believe it. It has gone by way to fast and 5 seems so old! He will always be my baby boy.

5. February 26, 2009 Leah's due date.

6. 11. the number of days until my bestest friend Brandi and her adorably little boy Jett come to visit! I miss them when they are gone

7. I LOVE cherry limeaids from the Sonic. I think that I could drink one every single day of the year.

So now I have to pick seven people well I can only think of Kisha, Lar (who tagged me in the first place haha) Jessica, Beka, Heather and whoever else might want to do this!!!!

Leah Charlene Long

Well I have been a horrible blogger lately. There are a lot of things going on but I just haven't had time to write about it. So Jake and I finally decided on a name for our little baby girl. I couldn't decide because I didn't want a popular name nor a strange name. Since I was going to the Affair of the Heart this past Saturday I told Jake we had to decide on Friday night. I did this because I was expecting to find all sorts of cute decorations, blankets, onsies, bags, etc... that could be personalized. So we decided on LEAH CHARLENE LONG . Charlene is my grandmother's and my middle name. So at the show I was a little disappointed cause I only found one picture to hang in her room. Yesterday I ordered her crib and the matching dresser so hopefullt they will be here by the end of the week. As for Tucker he is being such a sweet boy about having a sister. He will rub my tummy and say I love you sister or ask her silly questions. Oh and he is still doing good in soccer, he continues to score goals each week!!! Here is Leah's bed and dresser. The room is not finished I still have a lot to do. I love the bedding my mom is making. She hasn't finished the bumper pads, pillows or curtains yet but we still have 3 months. She is so talented.

Score 4

Ok this is going to be really short. As some may know Tucker has not been very gifted in the athletics department yet. He is too polite and not aggressive at all. He says that he doesn't want to kick the ball away from someone else when it is their turn. So Tuesday night he has a game and before we get out of the car he tells us that he doesn't want to play. We tell him that he signed up and is a part fo a team and they are counting on him to play. So he proceeds to tell me that "next time Iask him what he wants me to sign him up for.... sign him up for nothing." I didn't expect it to be a very good game. However, he surprised us all be scoring not one, not two but Four yes count them four goals in the game! Once he scored the first one the game was on and thats all it took. He was so excited that now he loves soccer. We have another game in the morning though so we will see if he still loves it tomorrrow. Ok sorry I had to brag a little bit, I am just a pround mommy!

It's A Girl!!

Yesterday afternoon Jake, Tucker and I went to have an ultrasound to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. Tucker has been wanting a little brother so he didn't know why we were even there since he said it was a boy. The lady told him that he was going to have a baby sister and I think he was in a little shock, he just said, "ugh" Then as she showed him her head and back and feet and hands he became more and more excited! I am so blessed to have Tucker my "baby boy" and now a baby girl to buy bows, dolls and purses for! In pink of course!

Tucker's first soccer game!

Well today was Tucker's first soccer game. We were all really excited. Since he didn't do so well at t-ball we thought maybe he would actually pay attention this time. Just like T-ball he does great at home and at practice. He runs and kicks the ball tries to score goals and everything. This morning however when it comes to game time... he just stands there. Ocassionally he will run after the ball then barely kicks it. He is afarid to kick it away from the other kids and said he would rather just watch. Being the competive person that I am, this drove me nuts once again. I don't understand why he just stands there. At least he looked cute. His shirt, shorts and socks the team ordered are all about 4 sizes too large and he had a hard time keeping his shorts up when he did make those few strides. We will keep practicing and maybe next week will be better.