I will NOT be defeated

No, your eyes aren’t failing you; I was not going to be defeated by the blogger website so I decided to give it another shot. Lucy, my former student, told me today at school that my last blog post looked okay. I was not pleased with all the pictures being on the bottom of the page so I am going to give it another try. And like I said on Sunday, I wasn’t in the mood to write and forgot to mention some things.

Last Friday, Trey and I went to Oxford for the night. He had some meetings and we had a dinner for young lawyers at the Ravine. It was delicious. The waiters kept coming out of the kitchen with appetizers and I happened to be standing right by the door and felt the need to sample almost all of them. You can’t be rude! I passed on the lobster… remember nothing that swims goes in this mouth. After we left the Ravine we went to the Library. No, not the library you search for books at… this was more of a social joint. I know a lot of people who read my blog are not familiar with Oxford… we were not looking at books on a Friday night! We left the library and headed to get some chicken on a stick before going to bed. What a good ritual we did for almost 4 years of college! That would also explain why my friends and I carried around some excess baggage back then. Speaking of college girls… whoa do they dress up when they go out these days!! And ohhhh did I feel old when I didn’t recognize anyone at the Library. I am quickly approaching 28 and do not have the body of an 18 year old anymore… especially after childbirth. It did make me a bit sad when we went shopping on the Square when I realized I really am too old to wear a lot of the cute outfits that are out these days. I am even debating on a mom swimming suit. Trey will object.

On Sunday I woke up to Ford crying at 6:27 AM and panicked. I grabbed my phone and ran into the kitchen to heat up his bottle all the while steadily calling the assistant principal to tell him I would be late for school. (I wake up at 5:30 for school). After 3 rings it hit me that it was SUNDAY and not Monday. Duh!!!!! Thank goodness he did not answer or he might have growled at me! I apologized at school for my stupidity and he just laughed.



I decided to cook spaghetti tonight. No, it was not out of a can. Trey would have no such thing at our house. It must all be cooked with love… you know slaving over the oven! Ford was in no mood for me to be cooking and not giving him 100% of my time and attention. He pretty much destroyed my kitchen.

He did love the spaghetti though.

After supper and a good bath we played on the floor. I was trying to watch Wheel of Fortune and Ford kept messing with the remotes. So, I decided to hide them under the coffee table from him. He was aggravated at first and then figured out how to get to them.

This time last year I was miserable, close to 200 pounds (not really but a lot closer than I am now) and about to pop. One year ago today I had my baby shower at school. I ran across this picture tonight and boy do I look puffy and swollen! I am just glad that the baby weight really does come off and I do not look like someone attacked me with an air pump still! I have no problem making fun of my near obesity now that I don’t look like that anymore!

Everyone have a good week and don’t expect me to blog again in 2 more days. I just don’t see that happening! P.S. I think I won the battle with the blog website this time!!!

Not my best work

I didn’t really feel too much like blogging tonight, but since I have become a regular on Sundays and Ford made two big steps in his life I decided I must sit down and entertain someone with my nonsense.

What are the two big things you ask? Well, for starters I have cheated and started him on vitamin D-whole milk. He hasn’t been given the thumbs up from the pediatrician that he can graduate to big boy milk, but I thought we would start easing our way into it. I bought some on Monday and poured just a little in a bottle. He spit it out. I decided we would try it again in a little while and this time I would warm it up like I always do with his bottles. He left it in his mouth this time for a few seconds and spit it out again. I consulted my mommy mentor, my sister in-law, Sugar and Spice Mommy, and she told me to mix it. So the next day we tried it again. I put half whole milk and half of his other milk. It worked like a charm. So we are smooth sailing on transitioning into regular milk and I must say I am a bit thrilled about it.

And the next milestone we crossed in the life of Ford Lamar is…. A BIG BOY car seat!!!!! My mom, Gran, has been saying for months that he would love facing forwards so that he can see what is going on. I think he likes facing forwards, but the fact that he can see us and we aren’t holding him might be a bit of an issue. We haven’t ridden more than 4 or 5 minutes at a time in his new seat so I am not sure how he will be on longer trips. But if you are going anywhere in Senatobia it won’t be longer than 4 or 5 minutes. This is Mayberry remember!!!

We had breakfast Sunday today and Lynn (The Savage Family) asked me for my recipe. I have actually posted this one before but here it is again…

CARAMEL FRENCH TOAST

1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
¾ cup butter
6 tablespoons light corn syrup
10 (1 ¼ inch French bread slices)
4 eggs beaten
2 ½ cups milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
¼ cup butter melted

In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, ¾ cup butter and corn syrup. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until bubbly. Pour syrup evenly into a lightly greased 13x9 inch baking dish. Place bread slices over syrup. Combine eggs, milk, vanilla, and salt. Stir well and our over bread. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours.

Preheat over to 350. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over soaked bread. Drizzle ¼ cup melted butter on top. Bake, uncovered, 45 to 50 minutes or until golden and bubbly.

Something is seriously strange with this site tonight.  The pictures will not upload correctly.  I have no idea how this is going to look. 

The Bunny Stopped At Our House

So we started off our Easter break with a new Good Friday tradition compliments of my husband. Friday, we had the first annual Lamar/Alford family crawfish boil. I, myself, do not eat crawfish. They are categorized in the swimming family, so I stuck with the potatoes, (or taters as Trey called them) corn, and sausage. At about 10:30 I was all partied out and hit the hay and I think the function continued on for several more hours...until the 60 pounds of crawfish was gone.

Inspecting the critters

Trying to get him a drink

Ford and Uncle Ham



Boiling the crawfish

One of my good friends from college is getting married this summer. Several of us former DDD’s hosted her a bridal shower in Oxford on Saturday. It was fun getting together with college friends.

Hostesses and Sarah

After the bridal shower I met Trey and Ford and we headed to Cleveland to James Still’s first birthday party. Thank goodness Puddin and Pops gave Ford a DVD player for the car for Christmas or the ride could have been a little rocky. The ride home wasn’t as pleasant as we had hoped because no afternoon nap and being stuck in a car seat for over an hour lead to a small melt down. But we survived through it all.
Ford and James


Yummy

James looking at the balloons

His first time on a slide

My baby

Ford was in Heaven with someone else's toys to play with

Sweet baby James

Easter is such an important time of year. I hope everyone was able to go to church this morning and celebrate as we at the Lamar household did.

Ford’s Easter basket


Our little family



I could HARDLY wait for Ford to wake up from his nap so we could go outside and hunt Easter eggs. I had been practicing most of the week with Ford about what an egg was. I think he was a little confused with eggs and balls. They do seem to be similar, especially to such a small tike as Ford. He picked up one egg and decided to eat it and lost interest in the hunt. Regardless it was a fun afternoon.






He loves snack time


Eating a snack with Pops

Ford was 11 months old on April Fools. Here are the latest Ford facts.

* He weighed 20.0 pounds at his last doctor visit
* He drinks 4 bottles a day … a total of about 20 ounces
* He still eats oatmeal and baby food, but enjoys eating big people table food
* I feed him, sliced cheese, chocolate pudding, turkey, goldfish, cheerios, ice cream, and apple sauce on a regular basis along with anything else I may be eating that he can chew
* He has two bottom teeth and 4 top teeth
* He is a walking machine. He even climbs some
* He wears a size 3 diaper
* He is just now getting into 12 month clothes
* He loves electrical cords, remote controls, real telephones, Tupperware, pots and pans, his bath time, dogs, looking out the window, strolling, and playing outside
* He says bye bye all the time and waves
* His version of giving a kiss is opening his mouth and putting it on your cheek. It’s so sweet!
* He says momma and da da
* Anything you say that starts with a “B” or “P” he will make that sound
* He is still riding in his infant car seat … however he is about to graduate to his Britax Boulevard we bought him
* He goes to bed at 7:00 every night and sleeps until about 6:30 in the morning
* He naps twice a day and sometimes we throw in a third late afternoon nap
* He has had 4 hair cuts
* He is our little man!!!!!!!