1y/o stats

Dreycin is so healthy, and im so thankful for him this thanksgiving day. He is the light of my life and I love him with all of my heart. His 1y/o appt was actually Nov 17th, 1 week late because we were in dallas on his actual bday! But he stayed at 50th percentile for head, 70th percentile for height, and 75th for weight. The doc said that he should be saying 5-6 words, but we only have "go" "hey" "yea" and he says fragments of other words like instead of saying pepper he says "epp." My bright little boy signs alot of words though, which the doc said makes up for what he is lacking saying. He signs thank you, all done, elephant, monkey, car, more, milk, and balloon. And not to mention that he can tell you what the cow, owl and cat say! He also blew out his candles on his many bday cakes(we worked on that forever) He can also tell you where mom and dad's belly buttons are, and puts his arms up when you ask him to! He also marches on command! HE IS SO BRIGHT, and brings smiles to my face everyday! So thats me bragging about my little man!

And if your a blogger friend of mine, I just went to http://www.shutterfly.com/ where I order Dreycin's photo books every 3months, and shared a few projects on my blog for a $25 gift certificate to share a project! Its not limited to blogger, but check it out. I had to do a card for it to show offer!

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Color Me Merry Holiday Thank You 3x5 folded card

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Our Christmas list

This week ive been xmas tree/ornament shopping. Up until this year Derek and I had a little green 4' tall xmas tree I bought 3 days before Derek came home from Iraq in 2007. It has special meaning so I never wanted to use anything else, but with Dreycin being fascinated with so many new  things I thought it would be a perfect year to start with new christmas traditions. Derek requested no green tree, so I got a white christmas tree. We are going with bright blue and red decorations.....i know i know a little corny but we do live for the RED WHITE AND BLUE!!! Hobby lobby was having a 40-50% off of christmas decorations, and there was 50% coupon online which I used for the tree skirt because those werent on sale. Will post pics sometime next week, we are still waiting on tree to arrive! Plus we are having Derek's brother here for thanksgiving, so maybe we'll do the tree together. He is leaving for his 3year duty station of Germany on Jan 11th, hopefully during that time we will be able to go and vacation with him!!

I'll start with my little man first!

For Dreycin im loving the little people items, especially the zoo set, farm animals, and pull along bus with blocks. Derek and I also want to get home a motorized car to ride! I want to buy him a kitchen, but for some reason my husband doesnt think its very boyish....but my whole point is why would they make boy colors?

For me Im loving the new canon S95, i know its pricey but i need something small to fit in my purse with great quality!

For Derek, well i think he needs a punching bag 100lb, with a stand and boxing gloves.

A few other ideas of mine for xmas is that 1. i think we are going to start a tradition of making gingerbread houses or cookies(not sure yet), 2. matching pj's on xmas eve, 3. everyone in the family is going to get a handmade ornament from Dreycin ;) (we already bought all the stuff just got to get onto the making part...which may be a challenge?!

To be continued.....

We have a toddler on our hands.....

My sweet baby boy turned 1 last Tuesday November 9 while we were at home visiting in Dallas. It was such a joy to share his first bday with all of our family and friends, and I cannot thank everyone enough for being there for us during that time. I may not have much family, the little I do have is always there for us....but I do have the best friends anyone could ask for. Dreycin is growing up so fast, and he has such a great fun loving personality, and it is so difficult to not be able to share that daily with our family and friends.

Decisions & Changes.......

So most of you know that my husband is in the Marine Corps, and every 3years we get orders to move. Well they are coming up again somewhere around March 2011, and with that knowledge my mom decided to start looking for a job back home in Texas. With the snap of a finger she found one at Medical Center of Lewisville in their Level III NICU as an RN, she actually had her interview while we were home for Dreycin's bday. So my mom will be leaving Kentucky Dec 10th, and that is when I will become a full time stay at home mommy. I will still continue to work PRN(as needed) on the weekends, some nights at the psychiatric hospital. My mom has been my lifeline, my support, my saving grace for my mental health.....being a full time working mom with lupus has not been easy and for me with her leaving is very sad. Its hard being a military wife, you are far away from family, minimal support so for me the decision was easy to chose to stay home with my precious baby boy. With lupus, I fear that if I put Dreycin in daycare I feel like I am putting my own health at risk, then I risk multiple call-ins at work with a spouse that is unable to "call-in" as we in the civilian world are able to do. Derek just cant take time off, for example this week he will be gone monday-thursday in the field....we never know what can come up with Derek's work. I am excited, scared, wondering if I will go stir crazy, but at the same time ready for a little relaxation in my schedule, to not come home exhausted with a damn twitch in my eye from a CRAZY day at work. I also feel like we will be moving right around the corner, so why not take advantage of staying with my baby for a few months during his active stage. We'll stay busy with music classes, gymnastics, and swim classes. But to say the least im ready to move, and as we say in the military....I've got the three year itch...to move again. We'll be going to Fort Benning, GA about 1.5 southwest from Atlanta. It will be a new adventure, and this base will have alot more resources/multiple gyms/nicer facilities than where we are currently at. I am very ready to move!

Just 8days away from Dreycin's 1st bday

Dreycin is such a smart little boy, and never seizes to amaze me everyday. This is the best stage yet! HE is like a little explorer, climber, imitator... basically this is going to be a blog all about him and what he is up to these days. He is still walking, practically running, has been since 9.5mos. He has now developed that walk into "shaking that booty" his daddy gave him! He particularly likes Black Eyed Peas....he is still wearing size 4/5 diapers, 23.8lbs has thinned out alot but wears 18-24 mos clothes, size 6 shoes(his little foot is to wide for most size 5 shoes), and he is now in little teddies gymnastics classes. He really loves to jump on the trapoline, roll forward, walk on balance beams, and of course he loves to go down the slide. His personality shines every moment of the day, and you hardly ever find him in an unhappy mood....he's always smiling, greeting everyone he sees, or trying to get anyone's attention....he's a little charmer. He is still signing, and can tell you when he is all done, wants more, thank you, milk, ballon, car, ice cream, and we have been working on an extra special sign for his first bday! He also says epp (for pepper), dada (all the time), GO (is probably his favorite). He loves to play in his ball pit, play with his blocks, push his lawnmower and popper, play tug of war with pepper, DANCE!, making music, and he absolutely loves reading time. If he had his own laptop like mommy's or daddy's he would be on it all the time typing away! and he loves everyone's iphone, we had gotten him a play fisher price one that he plays with but would still rather have our phone, guess he is going to be into electronics! He can tell you what sound the owl, cow, dinosaur and cat make! I cant believe in just 1wk my baby boy will be a toddler. It is so funny when im doing exercise with the weights, he will pretend that he is lifting weights! And since it has cooled down, we have had many visits to the ZOO, and when he sees the lions he goes RAWR! Its so cute! Of course you can see Dreycin was a little T-rex for halloween! We leave to go home this Friday, and im so excited to "show off" our handsome little man!

In other news, have i mentioned im ready to stay home for a little while.....well today I was leaving work and my car wouldnt start...supposedly it may have been my battery because I may have left my side light in the car on? So my handsome Marine husband came to my rescue to jump me! Also, my hubby got an A in his criminal justice course he just finished up! He is still in Spanish until the end of December, which he is also pulling an A in (BTW he does not and never knew spanish, but he may have a little help!)