Oh so blessed

Lately:


Well, what is new with the Thornton family? We have 2 new additions, our GIANT bloodhound, Cooter and our welsh corgi, Annie Oakley. Cooters tag on his collar says "Cooter Don Randall Farris Thornton" haha, my husband wanted it to be as long as possible. And, guess where the Farris came from.. Definitely my DAD! He calls Haize "Haize Randall Farris Thornton" lol, its funny! Oh and I have recently acquired a job. I still get to stay at home with my boy a lot though which is perfect. I've been working at a psychiatric hospital, called Acadia, since the beginning of December. It's a great place to work with some great people.

Christmas went great, we got some great things! My husband bought me a concho belt and we also got a new DVD video camera (Thanks Meemaw & Liza, LOVE IT!!) We stayed here in Clyde for Christmas, and my Meemaw & Liza came to visit. I worked part of Christmas day (voluntarily). Daniel, Brandi, Job, Joah & baby Ezra came down after Christmas, that is my sister and her family. We had so much fun making wall crosses and hanging out at primetime, we wish they could have stayed longer. My brother-in-law went to Cavenders and bought a pair of boots, when he got back I noticed they were the same exact ones as mine! Great minds think alike! My nephews are precious, my sister is beautiful and my brother-in-law is one of the nicest people I know. Hopefully we can go visit them in New Mexico soon. My best friend Lesley and her boyfriend Leo also came to visit, I was so happy to see her. We got to hang out on New Years Eve! It was a fun night. We went to Chilis to pick up a cousin first then to Elegante then to the Lucky Mule, we had a super good time! The next day Haize went to El Paso to visit all of his great grandparents, great aunt and even his great-great-grandmother! It was his first trip to El Paso, but there will be many more to come! He will be so used to that drive, just like I was when I was a kid!

As for my husband, well he deserves his own paragraph! He has been the biggest help ever, I can't believe how great he is. And not just with Haize, but everything! This past week he stayed home with our sick baby boy because he is just that wonderful! We are so lucky and blessed to have this life we live and to be in love as much as we are.

Lately we have just been chasing our handsome prince around, he is into everything. When we tell him "no" he looks back and smiles and it just melts us! I end up falling onto the floor and cuddling him right up! Probably not the best discipline strategy but hey, he is my baby boy, and he is too dang cute to say no! (And yes, this child is beyond spoiled by everyone) but it's okay, he is our pride and joy, who could ask for more?

We are so ready for softball to start, my husband is counting down the days.. No, literally! He has a countdown on his iPhone, it contains things such as: my birthday, our sons' birthday, our anniversary, his birthday THEN the day of the softball meeting for team coaches. Yes, it's a little ridiculous, but it makes him happy (and me too). He just got a new bat for his bday, which isn't until the 19th. You can bet that when I am at work on Sunday from 12-7 him, Dad & Shane will be at the park hitting softballs, just like last Sunday. Then when I go to my parent's house after work my husband will tell me how terrible Dad did, and Dad will tell me how horrible my hubby is. I'm stuck in the middle of this ongoing joke between them that involves them talking
bad about each other every chance they get. They get such a kick out of it. EVERY time I talk to my dad he ALWAYS without fail asks.. "What's that no good piece of crap lazy guy your married to doing?" You must understand this is the opposite of my husband. And if he is around, he is sure to have me tell my dad something ugly. The truth is they are great friends! Now how cute is that?

So, just now after serving dinner, picking the little ones dinner up off the floor, making the guys necklaces, and cutting my husbands hair at 9:00 at night I have realized that living with these boys is a full time job, plus overtime. I am a barber, driver, cook, seamstress, painter, pitcher, catcher, boo boo fixer, janitor, laundry doer, pick-up-after-er, put-seat-down-after-er, secretary, personal shopper, video taping, photo taking, psych hospital working, softball stat recording, beer fetching, jewelry making, running around wife, mom, sister-in-law, best friend, cousin, daughter. I am just ready to go lay in my bed that has a softball glove under the mattress to help break it in, then my husband just told me to charge the video camera so I can sit in the cold and video tape the guys playing softball tomorrow. I am not the only one, no not at all. Most of you moms know what I mean. I don't think any of us would trade it for anything though. So I will hem their pants with a smile and think..

Thank you God for making me a skilled girl who can do anything, but most of all Thank you for all these boys in my life. Family or not, I am keeping them no matter what!

Haize 1st Birthday 12/17/09

These are pictures from his actual birthDAY, his birthday party pictures are in a previous blog :)

Wake up sweet sunshine, you are 1 today!!

Lets go to the park, it is so pretty outside!

Read the sign! It says "Thornton's dry goods"

Notice the hubby playing in the background.. haha!

In jail? On your birthday?

Of course not!

Night night sweet baby, tomorrow you will be 1 year and 1 day old
and still just as special :)

Haize's birthday party at the Family life Center

So I still haven't uploaded the pictures from Haize's birthday party (sorry Meemaw & Liza). But here are some!

This was the invitation, super cute in a red envelope with a bronc rider on it.

These were the gift bags, with bronc riders on them.

His cowboy high chair with cute cowboy stuff on it

Haize and his buddy Ryan who is about 4 months older than him

McKenzie, prettiest girl I know!

Thanks Jace and Monte for the cool lion ride-on toy!

Paw Paw

All these gifts made him sleepy!

Baby's first Halloween

Haize's first Halloween went good, he got to dress up and go trick or treating and eat candy, he looked precious. He was such a good little lion, I am super proud! Lately he has been getting into EVERYTHING and tearing things up. He makes the biggest messes, I have to clean the house 1000 times a day now. He is a huge copycat now too, as we speak he is standing up putting his hand on the keyboard and trying to type like me. Earlier I was making this sound with my mouth and he started doing it too! He is so smart it blows my mind! I cant believe how fast this time has gone by he is almost a year old!! He is taking steps and learning to walk its so precious! Right now he just started making that sound again! Too cute!

Rest in peace Joe-C Wales!

Well I had to put my dog to sleep, we had her forever and ever and it was soo sad. Her name was Joe-C Wales (like the outlaw Josey Wales). A lot of my friends remember her as the super fat blue heeler that was so sweet, and she was the sweetest. She started getting sick and she wouldn't get up or eat. We were having to try to feed her and give her water. My husband was so good to her, he loved her so much. I am glad she is no longer suffering but its sad that she is gone.

I keep thinking that this time 2 years ago I was pregnant, I can't believe that. I guess it didn't seem as real to me as it does now. Last night I looked as Haize's first sonogram picture and I was so amazed that he grew to be a perfect little boy from a little jelly bean! Makes me wonder what could have been had I not had a miscarriage. But everything happens for a reason and now I have my perfect, sweet and precious baby boy!!

Until next season..

Well no more softball for the guys, the season is over. They might get invited to play in a tournament or something but for now its nothing for our team (Levrets Ink) until next season. I think my husband and my dad are going to be pretty lost without it! They just start practicing really early, in fact they never really stop haha! But now we don't have Tuesday nights to look forward to anymore for a while. They did so great this season, they had a winning record. I am so glad they love it so much (even though it isn't cheap!) They also got to play some tournaments this season too which was pretty fun. We can't wait until next season so they can kick some more butt! :)

Easter Weekend

We sure have had a lot going on lately. Last weekend Jerry Don and I went out of town to Fort Worth. First we stopped at Teskey's and shopped around then we went to a mall in Fort Worth. After all of our shopping we went to the Stockyards and ate and had fun. When it was time to go home it was raining and late so we decided to stay in Weatherford. We had SO much fun, we just drank beer and joked about all kinds of stuff. It was such a good trip. Now we have alot of inside jokes to laugh about.

The next day was Easter and Haize had such a good day! He got alot of presents from the Easter bunny and he even got to eat some chocolate. He is starting to reach out for things now so he was able to grab the eggs and his stuffed bunny. We had softball practice later that day and it was just Jerry Don, Jake and Randy (my dad). Haize had fun at practice like always and I even got out there and played first base.. yea, not so good..

Tuesday was the game against AA Rejects. I have been thinking it was going to be a good game all season. Last week when they played Crotch Bats they lost but they really ended up winning due to something with their contracts. So the game against AA Rejects was so good. All the guys hit so well and everyone did awesome. My dad and Jerry Don made home runs (so did some others) and it was so exciting to see the team do so good. Everyone was so excited and pumped up so hopefully the next game against one of the Beltway teams goes a little better. The score against AA Rejects was like 31 to 3 (or something like that). Yea they got stomped!