Packed and Camping!

So we are officially packed and have closed on our house on Crescent. Thank you to our awesome friends for all your help!! I am not going to name names, but you know who you are! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To say that I appreciate all you did is an understatement! Thanks to the parents for entertaining the little one the past two weekends while we where packing!! We so owe all of you!

We are camping with the parents until we can close on the new house so if you need us, call our cells or email us.

We have a new home!!

We officially close on our current house on June 29th and we close on our new home on July 8th. Our new house is located in Fenton and it is gorgeous, it has an awesome backyard, 3 bedrooms and a family room upstairs and the downstairs has an open floor plan. It is about 3 times the size of our current house so to say that I am excited is an understatement. It was a foreclosure so there are a couple of things that need to be done, but nothing that we can't handle.

More pictures will be posted once we are moved in! Sorry to say there will be no 4th of July party! We are thinking of having a "Paint Party" if anyone is interested in attending, please let us know!

Like father, like son....

Happy Father's Day to the "Great Men" in my life!

I have been very blessed in life to be surrounded by "Great Men". My grandpa's where both the most loving men I have met in my life. My Grandpa D would never let us leave without kissing him goodbye, most of the time he wouldn't even talk to us unless we hugged him first. Grandpa V was the same way, he would smile as soon as we walked into the room. My dad is a mirror of his dad, he is kind, gentle and loves his kids, and adores his grandchildren. I can never remember a time that my dad has not been there when I needed him.

I have been very blessed to marry a man that has some of the same qualities, Josh is patient, strong and loving and I couldn't ask for a better husband or father for Gideon... Jim or should I say "Dandy" has outdone himself as a father and grandfather. He has gone out of his way to be involved in G's life even if he is 10 hours away.

If I had one wish for my little boy, I hope he inherits the following qualities from his grandpa's and his dad and I hope he becomes a "Great Man"

Good Friends...

Lately, I have been terrible about blogging, any spare time has been spent on the house and G's big weekend....tonight I decided to finally catch up on reading everyone's blogs and decided to steal this picture...it was too cute not. This is Tim & Chris' adorable little girl and G at his baptismal. I think I see trouble in the future.

Happy Birthday!!

Someone had a great weekend, it is 9:30 on Monday and he is still sleeping!!!
Thank you everyone for all the gifts! and for making my little one feel so loved. True friends are priceless!

We sold our house!!

Closing date is June 29th - Friends save boxes :-)

We are pretty excited considering it officially was listed as a "no show" until June 8th. The first person that saw it is the one that placed the offer. We are very excited to say the least.

We are actually putting a contract on another house tomorrow, we will give more details once our offer is accepted.

Happy Birthday!

So things are in full swing for our little one's birthday on Saturday. What a wonderful year it has been for us. He melts my heart more everyday. He is the sweetest, smartest, most adorable little boy you have ever met.

FACEBOOK & SLACKING ON BLOGGING

Hi, My name is T and I am addicted to Facebook which is why the postings have been so few and far between.

Here is the lasted 411 on the Daltons.

1) G turns 1 in 16 days, party invitations have been mailed.
2) We are heading to Aunt T's for Memorial Day where J gets to fish and ride the 4-wheelers and I get to go to the outlets with my mom, sister and adorable nieces.
3) G is going to baptized on June 7th - Godparents have been choosen :-) and Dandy and GranDawn are coming in for the special day.
4) The house is going on the market officially June 3rd, if not a little before hand. Very excited about this, now to just decide what area we want to live in.
5) I am not pregnant. Just to let everyone know we are going to try later this year. I don't want to be pregnant and moving.
6) G got tubes last week and is doing great now, after running a fever for 4 days solid which was not tubes related.
7) G has another tooth and has gotten his hair cut. My little one looks like a little boy, :-( But a very adorable little boy.
8) We are doing great, enjoying parenting and looking forward to the summer.
9) Thats all folks for now :-)

Being a mom

So this is my first official Mother's Day and wow what a great one it has been, to say the least. Josh went out of his way to make today special.

This is my first year to be a mom, this time last year I had actually just came home from being in the hospital for 5 days due to pre-term labor. I remember being so scared, but thankfully everything worked out and my little one decided to wait to come.

I have learned more this year than I think I have any "single" year of my life, here are some of them.

1. Who knew I could survive on a couple hours sleep.
2. Being woke up in the middle of the night isn't so bad when they lay in your arms and say - Momma, momma, momma
3. A little boy can melt my heart in two seconds flat.
4. That the word momma is the best word in the world when it said by your little one.
5. I have so many of my mom's traits than I can even list.
6. That my mom was right, I didn't understand until I had children of my own.
7. That being a mom is truly the best thing in the world.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies, mommies to be, & mommies trying to bees!

and to my Mom,

Thanks for being such a great Mom!!

This is my favorite picture, he actaully has his arm around me.