Top Ten Tuesday (a little early considering it's Monday night)

Top Ten Reasons I have come close to having either a heart attack, nervous break-down, or both in the last week and a half.

10. Wesley went out of town to St Louis for an entire week. Most of the events below, happened during that time.

9. I got into a fender bender in the Tom Thumb parking lot (kids were not in the car). I was seriously going 2 miles and hour when I backed into a plastic Lexus that dented and did nothing to my full-metal American-made Tahoe. We actually backed into each other, but the non-English speaking person whom I backed into told my insurance company that she was at a full stop. My insurance paid 100%. PS lady, if your car wasn't made of plastic, my car wouldn't have damaged it going 2 miles an hour...I don't care how expensive it is!

8. My son snuck my huge diet coke into the corner of the kitchen and pretty much drank the ENTIRE thing while I was giving Emerson a bath and then tried to lie about it. Funny part is that the crucifix over his door is his constant reminder that Jesus is always watching over him and was very sad that he lied to his mommy. His bed faces his door so he had to stare at Jesus until he fell alseep. This was a pretty long time considering I made him go to bed that night at 7:30.

7. I haven't been to Happy Hour in a while.

6. We walked in a 5K on Saturday and Campbell got a burst of energy and thought he would run about half of it. He would just take off (like The Flash) and would get dangerously close to the traffic cones where cars were speeding passed. Okay, a bit overdramatic, but he still made my heart bounce out of my chest when he would take off without me.

5. The Parrotheads were in town for the Jimmy Buffett concert and so I could not take my inlaws to eat at Matitos because the wait was ABSURD!

4. Emerson broke out into some weird rash and what looked like hives on her privates (supposed reaction to the antibiotics for her ear infection).

3. A ton of my shows have been reruns...really irritates me.

2. I have what I thought was a crick in my neck/upper back since early Friday morning, but now, four days later, I am beginning to think it is a pinched nerve. Thankfully I still have two different pain killers from my c-section...NOT KIDDING when I say I am totally taking some tonight.

1. Emerson fell headfirst off the changing table last week. I never left the changing table, she just dove off right beside me. She is totally fine...thanks ahead of time for your concerns.

Bonus***Emerson just started crawling, but now she thinks it is okay to pull herself up onto stuff...NOT OKAY!

Bonus***I got to sit for five hours (church style...in rows and chairs...no tables...no way to stretch or get comfortable) at a Jim Fay presentation. Love him and his philosophy, but the set up and the design of the presentation...UUUGGGHHH!!!

Bonus***I am trying to put a space between each entry in this post and IT WON'T LET ME!!!!!! So I apologize for the format, but double apologize if it actually does it when I post.

Have a great week! Mine can only get better!

Easter Fun and a Birthday All Rolled Into One!

Let me start by saying I created a blog for my crafts. The link is at the top right hand corner of this blog. It is called My Little Imperfections (I tried fifty different names and all were taken). So check it out and spread the word...I didn't, however, include prices. I always get so paranoid about that for some reason. I never know what to charge.

Easter was pretty low key, as it usually is when the grandparents do not live around here. We went to Chance's (my friend Kaci's son) 2nd birthday, which was Easter themed. We dyed eggs and made baskets on Saturday night and then had friends over for Easter Sunday. We set up another Easter egg hunt; a total of three for Campbell. It was a fun-filled weekend and Campbell has had enough sugar to last him a year! The best part for me was my Girl's Day with Beth on Friday and dinner with Beth and Melissa on Saturday. Call me selfish, but hey, those times are few and far between for me. Enjoy the pics!

I didn't pose him like this, he was in a complete daze! He is such a hunk!

She took her bow off so it's M.I.A. for the pic...A rare occasion!

Racing for eggs!

Emerson and Chance

One last try to get them both looking and smiling!

That's not your basket, Missy Pooh!

Coloring eggs is fun!

Shiny Happy People...I mean eggs!

I couldn't bring myself to go overboard on the Easter baskets. The thought of any more toys in the playroom...UUGGHH! Notice the Easter bunny left Emerson some new food items she has yet to try...go figure!

Heffalump is Nine Months Old!

OMG...Miss Emerson, what a month you had! I will make a list of all my faves of the month.

1. You got two more teeth on the top (two more on the way) and you LOVE to show them off.

2. You weigh 25 pounds (off the chart) and you are 28 inches (70th %);therefore, your doc politely put you on a diet. Not because of your weight alone, but because the gap between your height and weight percentiles is increasing and we want those numbers to be comparable. Your brother was just as big as you except he was really long, so his numbers matched (he was always and still is off the charts in both categories). We have to cut back on your formula, one less bottle a day). You have only had to cheat twice...better than mommy.

3. We are really working with our sippy cup and water...you aren't too keen on either just yet.

4. You love to sit on the backside of the couch and peek around the corner to play peek-a-boo with your brother.

5. You have this funny game that you invented where you squeal and try to hide from your daddy and Campbell when they say, "I'm gonna getcha!"

6. You LOVE to eat. You make noises like every bite is the best you have ever tasted. I love to watch you eat Puffs. You are a very voracious eater and sometimes one will get stuck on your lip and you will try to use your tongue to get it off...even if it takes you a couple minutes.

7. You rarely cry....when you wake up in the mornings or from a nap, you will play in your bed until I come get you. Who knows how long you have been awake?

8. You are finally crawling. You got strong enough to carry around your weight. At first you looked like an inch worm, but it didn't take long for you to figure it out. Now you are all over the place...YIKES! Your favorite spot to crawl is to the ficus tree where you like to eat the moss stuff at the bottom of the plant.

9. You are rapidly growing out of your clothes, which is great for me because I can shop more for you, but bad for Daddy's wallet.

10. You are the best little princess in the world. You are happy and loving. You love your brother to pieces. He lets you play with all his toys, even his sacred firetrucks. The two of you could spend hours playing together...I know it wont last!

We just love you so much Fatterhorn...You are such a blessing!

Generations!

Four Generations of Moncrief Men!

(Grandpa Monty, Popo, Daddy, and Campbell Walker)

Four Generations of Bishop Women!

(Grandma Harry, Nana, Mommy, and Emerson Mae)

My grandma's name is Harriette and bc I think it is absolutely hilarious I am trying to get my kids to call her Harry; she, of course, hates it. You REALLY have to know Harry to understand the humor!

And these two I had to add because I thought they were cute and my dad is RARELY ever photographed, despite the fact that he is so hunky!

Emerson and Allyson (cousin)

Campbell and PawPaw

Team Bethenny...What the French?

Are you kidding me? I know it isn't Top Ten Tuesday, but I have to do one for RHONY (in no particular order).

10. Who does Kelly think she is? I did not even know who she was before this season. What "celebrity" admits they don't do charity and also says out loud, "I don't want my name on anything." Like people even know who you are.

9. Kelly, don't ask Bethenny to dinner and then blind side her with CRAZY! And then, call her out for being inappropriate and you show up late, attack her while she sits calmly and accuse her of getting aggressive with you? Last I checked, you think having arthritis is "cute."

8. Kelly, is it necessary to say things in a pitiful voice like, "Oh hunny, I feel sorry for you." and, "It's really sad" all the while you are reaching across the table for Bethenny's hand. Are you a therapist? Hmm...didn't think so.

7. After Kelly calls Bethenny immature (sophomoric slash high-school), she heads down for a date with Valentino (whatever his name is) and the whole interaction was extremely juvenile. Tino says that he likes her pink boots, which prompts Kelly to grin from ear to ear, jump up and down on her stool and then give him a hug...all for commenting on hideous pink boots?

6. Moving on...you know how everytime they switch to the next scene they do these intro shots with whatever housewife they are focusing on? Well, what's up with Ramona's intro? She is freakishly awkward with this bizarre groovin' sway and her bugged out eyes! Weird.

5. Although I am not a fan of Simon and Alex, what was up with Ramona and Mario jumping all over them? Who cares if nude photos were
coming out of Alex? How does that affect you? They weren't nude photos of Ramona...too intense.

4. I love that the Countess totally called Kelly out about her interaction with Bethenny.

3. Speaking of the Countess, get over yourself. I heard (via Beth) that you are getting a divorce. How very unCountess-like. Wait does this mean you have lost your Countess status?

2. I deleted my episode for this week, but i'll try to get this quote by Valentino (Kelly's date) correct, but it cracked me up. When referring to Kelly's boots he said, "I like them. They remind me to the Pink Panther." There is no typo, he said "to the Pink Panther."

1. Okay, so Ramona invites Bethenny to one of Mario's tennis matches and Ramona is bragging about how great Mario is and that he is moving up in the ranks and she can't believe the level he is at and so on. So they show up to this BIG match and I think I could hear crickets. No one was there. One would have thought he was practicing. Now I could've missed something because I was trying to watch while I was making dinner, cleaning bottles, and feeding Emerson, but I am pretty sure he was playing a match.

Please comment with your thoughts concerning this matter. I would love to hear them.

Disclaimer: I do not think divorce is a funny matter. I know there are children whose lives have been shattered, but this is why you don't traipse around acting perfect.