Farmer's Market

Today we went to the Farmer's Market with my friend and her little girl. We had a good time. I am embarassed to say I don't think I have ever been before. The weather was nice and it was good to be out and about. We got some hopefully good vegetables and just looked around. Nash like the guy playing his banjo. Nash really liked Amber too. He likes to be around bigger kids. They make him laugh when they act silly. I turned around looking at them in the back seat on the way back and they were holding hands. I think he is into "older girls" right now.

cute and not so cute

Cute: Chris got this guitar from a friend today and was playing it and showing Nash how to play it. He really liked it and was interested in trying it himself.and Not So Cute:

Nash was walking and turned around and fell into the column in our dinning room and immediately there was a blue line on his check. This blue line has turned redish bluish purplish and has grown in size. It looks awful and by far is his worst battle scar yet. (this picture does not do it justice). Poor baby.

Nash's first sno cone

Another coach at Chris's school has a sno cone stand by our house that we have been wanting to go to all summer. Since Nash LOVES my Sonic ice from my Mango Cool Breeze (the best sonic drink ever that by the way they were out of today and it made me super sad to think they won't be getting it back) we thought he would love a sno cone. He did love it. He shared his dad's Summer Breeze and was a little hyped up afterwards and walked all over the parking lot.

Proverbs 31 Woman

On the way back from FL I found a devotional book in a gas station of all places that looked interesting. The title of it is "Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be" by Donna Partow. Most Christian women I know seek after that so I thought I would read it. I had been wanting to get a new devotional book because it helps me to stay focused.
What I liked about it right away was the author in the introduction talked about how growing up learning about the Proverbs 31 woman she thought that was an impossible goal until she met this woman on a mission trip of hers that exemplified the Proverbs 31 woman. Then she realized that it is an obtainable goal but not one that happens over night and is something that you work at daily.
The book is broken down into very practical sections like sleeping, eating, exercising, finances, organization, faith, family, etc. They all focus on the same theme for a week. She gives practical tips and suggestions to help in these areas and to "jump start" you into becoming better in the different areas.
I have really enjoyed it. I feel like I am a pretty balanced person and always have been. I have been a little adult most of my life. I was the responsible one. I was also considered the "good girl". Friends' parents always liked me and would say "oh your going with Shannon, okay". Which I think my personality helps me in some areas but a lot of the time I don't push myself enough to do better. I am often okay with just "good enough" and not what's best. So, I feel like I am doing decent in a lot of the areas the book but could always do better and in some I need more help than others.
This book gives a lot of specific involved tasks to do and I am not going to lie I have not followed it to the t partly because there is a lot to them and which kind of require you to be prepared for but I am putting the concepts into place and am thinking about going back through it once I am done and trying more of the suggestions. Her suggestions in it are a lot of what has worked for her so I think you can individualize it for what works for you. It is a 90 day guide and I am about half way through it. It also each week has a verse of the Proverbs 31 passage to memorize and I was doing really good at that and proud of myself because I have a difficult time memorizing but have not done so good the past couple of weeks. If you really wanted to follow this book and do everything it says it would be live changing. There is a lot to it. If you are a REAL organized person (Amy??) you would really like it. For now I am just trying to get the gist of it and probably will look back to it again.
So, I give it two thumbs up!

Good Times

playing in the water table

drinking mommy's mango cool breeze

equals Good Times!!!

Sunday

Sunday's in the Horton family means going to church. Going to church for Nash particularly means getting off schedule, having a taste of what daycare might be like in the nursery, and some times crying enough that the nursery workers will come get mommy to come get him.
We leave for church around 10:30 which is right around the time that Nash takes his nap most days when he is with me so not only is he tired, he is left in a nursery with workers that change week from week so he does not know them that well and a couple of other babies without his mommy whom he is really attached to these days. Today he fell asleep in the car on the way. I take him to the nursery and try to rock him to sleep. This didn't work so I just left to the church service and left him in the nursery where he cried (screamed) immediately when I left. I peeped in the window and they're motioning me to go ahead and go and they will take care of it. I was for sure they were going to come get me like they have before because they feel bad after a while if he is still crying. Thankfully our church is small enough that we know people well and they know us so I feel more comfortable with him in there. So, I go back to the church service expecting the whole time that I am going to be summoned. I enjoy our church. I like the music, praise and worship, and always feel challenged by the preaching. So, it is nice to actually be able to sit through a whole church service without worrying about how Nash is doing in the nursery which actually has not happened in a while. I was hoping that when I went back and got him that they would tell me he fell asleep like he did last time. This was not the report. Apparently he cried most of the time so one of the worker's husband came and got him and carried him to the "big kid class" (3 year olds I think) and apparently he liked being in there with the bigger kids. He even got a prize (a weird bug ring) for being so good. However when I came and got him out of the big class, he cried immediately as to say "why did you leave me? I was miserable the whole time and desperately need a nap ".
When we got home Nash took a 3 and half hour nap which he never does with me and I finally figured out why the past few Monday's my mom has told me he slept for 4 hours. It's because Sunday's mess him up. That was my "ah ha" moment for the day. Well while he was asleep I decided to sign up on face book. Why now? I don't really know. Other than several people for a long period have time asked me "are you on face book?" Nope. And didn't really care to. I always thought it was strange to just be talking to people that you have not seen in forever online. My thought was if you were good friends you would be friends with them in "real life". What pushed me to it more than anything probably was my best friend in high school and I met up last week and we haven't talked in forever and she has been on it for a while so I thought if I would have been on it maybe we would of stayed in touch more. I am still iffy about it and don't want to be "friends" with everyone I know on there. So we shall see how it goes.
Chris had his open house today at school. It's kind of exciting to start a new year for him with basketball and everything. He's the head coach of the Jr. Boys this year. I am happy and sad about it. I enjoy the fall, getting into a routine again, and going to basketball games but he is gone A LOT during basketball season which is super long since that is their main sport. I do enjoy some of the alone time but it also gets lonely. I don't particularly in enjoy making my husband's lunch every night when I come home from work (even though it's relatively easy. It's just one more thing to do every night before bed) and ironing his clothes (which isn't easy to me and I'm not particularly good at) but I do because I always have and probably always will. He doesn't know how good he has it! Right?
(see I think I will prefer the blog more than face book because when you listen to people all day about what is going on with them like I do sometimes you just want to say what's on your mind for a change)

My Little Future Razorback

Showing off his arm!!!

His game face.

"Look mom, no hands!"

I got this ADORABLE Razorback jersey at Wal-Mart tonight and tried it on Nash. He looked TOO CUTE in it so we had a miny photo shoot. I am just trying to get him prepared for football season and then his future college career!!!

my visitor

Obviously by the title of this post if there are any males that read this blog you probably don't want to read this post. Females please read and give me any advice, suggestions, your experiences, or what have you. This is not a topic that I particularly like to discuss but it has been such an issue this time.
My periods have been rough since having Nash. I started on birth control a month or so after having Nash. I knew the first few would be tough but they have not gotten much better. Before getting pregnant my periods weren't really that bad, even before I was on birth control. I rarely felt the need to take pain relievers. Now I start hurting a week before I start. I get real irritable around the time I start and while I am on it. I have a constant headache. I feel sick to my stomach. I know they say after having a baby they are worse but I did not think it would keep up this long. I thought it should at least level out by now. The only good thing I can say about them is they are fairly light but I would trade having a heavier one for the symptoms I am having any day.
So, today I called the nurse because I normally just have a tough period get over and don't think about it until the next one. This time I thought maybe I need to switch birth control or they could tell me something. I spoke to the nurse today and explained everything. She basically said that the birth control I am on is the best one for these type of symptoms and to just treat the symptoms with Motrin (a therapeutic dose which apparently is a higher dose than you normally take). I have hardly ever had to take medication for my symptoms but now I have to and have to keep taking it which I hate because if I am on the best birth control for the symptoms I am having why do I have to take extra meds for my symptoms?
My doctor's appointment is not until January and I think I am going to discuss it further with her then and see if there are any better options or is this just how it is going to be for here on out. If it gets too unbearable I may try to get in sooner. Or will it just take more time for it to level out. Something has got to give because it's not any fun and I don't want it to continue from month to month.

14 Months

I decided to do pictures every two months now that he is one instead of every month. So, here are his 14 month pictures. The big thing he is doing is walking as you can see in the last picture. He is doing it more and more every day and seems like around the house he is a walking almost half of the time. The thinks he is such a big boy doing it. He is also saying new words all the time. He likes to repeat what you say. He is saying Word Word sounds more like "wrd wrld". He says "ut oh" all the time. He says juice and shoes. He is getting into everything. He likes to get into drawers he can reach which surprising are a lot of them. Yesterday I came back to my bathroom with him with powder all over the floor. He likes to turn the water on and off in our bath tub. He is also drinking through a straw good and likes doing it. He has a sippy cup that has a straw in it but he still thinks he has to tilt it up and it ends up getting all over him. He has tons of balls that he plays with and he likes throwing them back and forth. He has had this basketball a lot so I say "basket ball" to him and he repeats baball. He also loves to give sugars. He makes the noise "ummmm ma" and also blows sugars. He is so sweet and is doing so much and learning so much it is hard to keep up with all of it. That is a lot of the reason of writing them on this post so I will remember all of it!

splash zone

Today we went to Splash Zone in Jacksonville. It is a neat swimming area that has a awesome kids area, big pool, and big slide. Nash still much preferred the big pool holding on to mommy and pretending to jump off the side and me catching him. He liked walking along the edge of the kiddie area and throwing his shoes into the pool.

I know I am awfully brave posting pictures of me in a swimsuit post pregnancy body so
please be kind. Just wanted you to see more of the kid's area.

That is Nash's sandal flying in mid air. He had the best time taking his shoes off and throwing it into the pool.

My little sister, Madison, and Nash

Madison and Nash went down the slide.

He did not like it too much.

curly

In the front.......

AND THE BACK..........

This is so strange to me because about a month ago when we had his one year pictures done he had one wave in the front and that was it. Then the front started getting thicker and curlier and now it's spread to the back.

I'm not going to lie at first the thought of him having curly hair I was not crazy about it. It seemed like he would have crazy uncontrollable hair but now I love it and think it's adorable. Still trying to figure out exactly where it came from. Chris and I both had straight hair as kids but it got sort of wavy as an adult but nothing like his. Nash's Grandpa John had curly hair as a kid and so did his Poppy so that is all we have been able to put together.
I am planning on letting it grow until it is uncontrollable. Chris and I saw this little boy about 3 or so that had long hair that was curly on the ends and he was too cute. We both said we would love for Nash's hair to be like that. We will see.

some pictures

Nash loves the lap top. As soon as he sees one of us on it he comes over to try to press the keys.

After we took him away from the lap top, he litterally bent over backwards and still was able to get to the keys.

Me and Nash on my birthday.

baby steps

For the past week and a half or so Nash started taking a couple of steps and by a couple of steps I mean literally two steps and then down he goes. We have been working with him and trying to encourage him to walk more. Chris calls me today at work and says guess what Nash did. He said "he took like 15 steps and I videoed it". I thought it was great that he videoed it and was kind of in shock and disbelief so I ran out of the office for a few minutes to see it for myself. Chris showed me the video and Nash did a few nice reenactments and I was so excited to see it for myself.
I have always heard people say "he will just take off walking one day" and he did. It was so cool and it won' t be any time now before he is walking all over the place. He is a fast walker just like he is a fast crawler so I will really have my hands full. He seems to get distracted though and that is when he goes down. I was pretty impressed and proud to see him go from a couple of steps to walking across the room.
Unfortunately I don't know how or have the right equipment to put the video online right now but if and when I do I will post it too. Yay Nash! He's such a big boy and I'm a proud mama bear!