Ouch!

Ya ok so I'm sore! But it's a good feeling! Still liking my gym, hopefully the excercising part will get easier haha! Oh this little stick guy reminded me of Ben's animated creation!

I've done it!

I'm so excited... I've joined a gym! I've wanted to join a gym for a long time but none of the gyms in Kerrville provided childcare. I've really enjoyed it so far and so has Adom! Hopefully I'll see results in the next 2 to 3 months. It definitely helps break up our day so we're not in the apartment all day. Adom actually threw a fit when we had to leave he wanted to stay and play, so that has to say something :) Bring on the soreness!

More Zoo

Adom got to touch the seashells and little crabs at the Texas Wildlife exhibit! He did not want to touch anything that moved though haha. I think the birds were called Green Jays they were beautiful and their native to Texas! I've never seen these have you? Then Nana insisted that we take a train ride, and I'm so glad she did! I think it was Adom's favorite part of the day, he talked about it the whole rest of the day! "Choo Choo"! It seems like everytime we go to the Zoo so do Uncle Ben, Aunt Kristi and Landry and Bella go too! It looks like they had just as much fun as we did!

At the Zoo, Again!!

This past weekend was a very special one, we hadn't seen Greg in almost 2 weeks! AND Nana (my mom) flew into Dallas from San Antonio to spend the weekend as well! We had such a wonderful time with Nana! So Saturday we had to take Nana to the Fort Worth Zoo, it was great. Hot but great! I think Adom enjoyed it even more this time if thats possible.





The penguins were splashing!

And the Prarie Dogs were pretty chubby!

Definitely a Richards

If this isn't a Richards look I don't know what is! Adom and I drove back to Arlington yesterday. We had such a wonderful time in Kerrville! We were all sad to leave, BUT Greg and my mom are both flying in tonight! Greg from his work convention in Las Vegas and my mom from San Antonio. Mom will be staying with us for a few days so we're so excited to see Daddy and Nana! I think Adom is getting a little frustrated with me though because I keep telling him that they will be here tonight.... but yet he doesn't understand words like "tonight" or "tomorrow". Poor little guy he's really confused! I think he totally looks like PopPop (Greg's dad Tom) and Uncle Tim (Greg's brother) in this picture! More pics to follow of our K-town excursion!

Our weekend

This first picture of Adom with the flags is for Uncle Ethan! God Bless America! :)
Our weekend was pretty busy... On Saturday my Dad, Adom, and I went to see my grandmother in San Antonio. It was a wonderful visit and she really enjoyed being outside with Adom and watching him run around! We got to spend a lot of time with my Dad and Adom truly adores his PawPaw. On Sunday my friend Marissa had her baby shower here in Kerrville and I was so glad I got to make it. It was a beautiful shower and we are so excited for her and Ryan. We can't wait to meet their baby girl Emery Joy due July 6th! (I hope I spelled her name right!) We had a great weekend and Greg called to say he landed safely in Las Vegas but said it's a really crazy city! We miss him so much and can't wait to see him this week!

We're in K-town

Adom and I made the journey down to Kerrville on Monday. I don't think we're going to be leaving until next Tuesday or Wednesday. I was feeling a little homesick for friends and family and Greg being the wonderful husband that he is told me to get out! So it's been a wonderful relaxing trip for us and we're getting to spend a lot of time with Gigi and PopPop! This weekend we get to stay with Aunt Peggy and my mom here in Kerrville, it's been a while since I've gotten to spend some quality time with them. We also get to spend ALL day with my Dad (Aka Pawpaw) on Saturday. We're going to see my grandma (my dad's mom) in San Antonio so that will be so special for her to see Adom. Greg is leaving on Sunday to go to Las Vegas for a work convention thing so thats another reason we came down, I didn't want to stay by myself :) So here's a picture of us at the Camp Verde general store. Lot's more pics to follow once I'm back in Arlington on my own computer. Needless to say the remainder of our stay is going to be a busy time! God Bless ya!

To all the mothers!

First of all I did not write this... I wish I had but I didn't. I think it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever read and I hope to feel as confident as this woman someday. I know many women struggle with what they look like after having children (myself included) the way this lady describes it makes me so proud. So in honor of mother's day I hope you enjoy this read as much as I did. Happy Mother's Day!

My body works. It does what it was intended to do. It does what God made it for. It makes healthy children. It bears healthy children. It feeds children to make them healthy. My body works, I am a mother. I have always felt like an old soul in a young body. If I believed in reincarnation, I would swear that my soul had been around for centuries, had lived different lives, experienced different worlds. When I became an adult I decided to act on these feelings and become the woman I felt inside, instead of the woman people saw. I fell in love on the cusp of womanhood, married the man that nature intended to be mine, and gave birth to my first child before I was more than a child myself. Birth was a natural thing that happened in life, like breathing, like puberty, like gray hair. Birth was just something that happened. It was not bad, it was not scary, it was not hard. These are the lessons that my mother taught me, showed me in the birth of my siblings. When my children came into the world, they came naturally. They came into our home, they came into their father’s arms. They came into a place without fear or anger. A place full of love and peace. My firstborn came without fear but not without work, hard work. Now I know why they call it labor. I am so grateful to him for being strong enough to come first, to teach me how to be a mother, to pave the way for the others. And then a daughter. The second edition of my original self. She is stronger, fearless. Everything wish I could be. I will not hold her back. Giving her the birth I did, I started her down a path that shows her the world is hers for the taking. And my baby. My second son. So much quicker, easier, calmer. The peace maker in our home, from the moment of his conception. His spirit is so strong, he will do great things in this world. I give my body to them now, as I did when it was their world of growing. Now they gain from it love, confidence, nourishment. I am not ashamed of what they have done to my body, I am proud. In one of the past lives that I never experienced, I was a warrior. I draw strength from that warrior woman now, as I did when I brought my children into the world. My body is brown. Like the earth, it soaks in the sun, making me warm and life-giving. My flesh, my curves, are my battle scars. But scars cannot be called beautiful, so mine are not scars, but badges. Badges as beautiful and colorful as ancient badges of honor. Badges as adored by my husband as sunken cheeks are adored by the world. My body is considered beautiful. If not by you, or you, then it is always considered beautiful by my love, by my children, by me. I am theirs forever, theirs is the only approval I seek. My body is different than it was when I was a girl, but that is because I am not a girl, now I am a woman. How could someone go through such alterations as pregnancy and childbirth and not be affected? It would be wrong. The body is made to accommodate, and serve as a reminder to life. Change is something that happens. I welcome the change to my body, it serves as a reminder of the miracles of life. Of the beauty of nature. Of the blessings of love. I love my body. My body works. It has done what it was intended to do. It has done what God made it for. It has made healthy children. It has born healthy children. It has fed children to make them healthy. My body works, I am a mother.

author , Anonymous

Rainy Day

It's been raining the last couple of days so needless to say we haven't been able to go out and play. To me this picture says, " it's ok mom". He is such a joy, even on rainy days he finds things to entertain himself all day long. I am a very blessed.

Fort Worth Stockyards

This past weekend we went to the Fort Worth Stockyards. The history of that place is amazing and they've done a really good job at maintaining the original buildings. They do a cattle herd down the street twice a day, Adom LOVED it! We'll definitely be going again soon. The battery on our camera was low so we didn't get as many pictures as we would have liked. All the streets are the original cobblestone that the cattle were herded down all those years ago. The cobblestone went right into all the shops too. There was an awesome candy store that we spent way too much time in haha! There are a lot of people dressed up and riding on horseback, there was a man dressed like an indian chieftan with a bareback paint horse and a man that rode a HUGE longhorn everywhere around town. It was a lot of fun and we can't wait to go back!

Ah Pappy!

Today Adom and I went to Ah Pappy Elkin's park! Ya I know what a name right!? It is the park in the neighborhood behind our apartments. It has a small lake and short walking trails with an Adom's age friendly playground. I've never had so many parks to choose from haha! He loved it... but the ducks were kinda fiesty so we had to "duck" our way out of there! HA! I know that was corny... oh well. Hope everyone has a Blessed weekend!

I've been caught!

Haha! Adom loves to wear anybody's shoes... I just happened to catch him wearing my PINK ones! His face says " Don't tell Dad!" Oh and on top of that he's wearing his "Chicks Dig Me" shirt that GiGi got him! Priceless!