Splish Splash

Bath Time is a fun part of the day for both Max and I. He loves it because he gets to splash, play with bubbles and pour water on his head. As for me I like it because I can sit back and relax and just enjoy the sound of happiness. However, I often find myself thinking about how bath time has changed over the last 19 months.

I remember giving that first bath, well my mom and Tim had to do most of it because I was afraid of breaking him. He was so tiny, but man he could yell. You would think we were cutting his toes off if you heard him. Max did not enjoy bath for the first 2 months. Then by 3 months he started to come around and it was a more pleasant experience.

As he gets older the amount of fun increases as well as the amount of water on the floor. You know that commercial where the the ceiling falls in due to too much water upstairs??? Well I think that will be my house one day. Man this boy can splash and he thinks its the funniest thing ever!!! Max also giggles a lot when he toots in the bath. About a week or two ago I taught him how to make the tooting noise by placing one of his bath toys under his arm. He loves it and its funny to watch him do it.

I love my little Max and all the SPLISH SPLASH times that we have together!!!!

My hubby the SMOOTHE KING!!!

Timmy is so very awesome!!! We have been trying to eat a lot better this year and well at night we have been craving something sweet. So Timmy decided to come up with a healthy, not as bad, solution to our sweet cravings.

Fruit Smoothes!!!!!

All the tasty goodness

Action shot of Timmy making the tasty drinks

Everyone needs to take a picture of their blender from time to time

Now after all that hard work here is our reward!!!

Going through the change!!!!

I am changing into my MOTHER!!!!! As I get older I hear more and more you look just like Amy (my mommy), o that is a Amy look or you sound just like your mom on the phone. Well of those things like that I just said yeah ok I guess we all can have our opinions. However, today I crossed over!!!!

Every year my mom cleans out her closet to give to Helping Hands and she always tells me to go through the clothes and take what I want. And I normally take a few items thinking well I could make this work or maybe this will come back into style soon, but those items tend to just hang in my closet untouched until its time for me to spring clean. Well that tradition has been broken. Today I wore a mint green, no that was not a typo I meant to spell mint, jacket to work. I of course paired with a black shirt and some black slacks to bring it back to life. And the weirdest thing happened while at work I got so many compliments!!!! So I guess mom you do have great taste and clothes!!!



On a serious note I feel honored every time some tells me I am like my mom. I tend to joke or brush it off, but it does warm my heart. My mom is one of a kind. She is so amazing and I have learned a lot from her. I always joke with her and tell her man you must of done something right to get a great daughter like me, but the truth is I am the one that must of done something right to get such an awesome mom like her. Don't get me wrong I am a great daughter =), but she is a super d dooper mom. She ranks in the top of my all time favorite moms!!! =) Thanks mom for all that you do!!! I owe you so much!!! I will pay you back with grandson kisses. Love ya M-O-E (again I meant to type MOE that is how my brother Sam spelled mom when he was a kid we are not a family known for our amazing spelling skills)

Loss

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu

Its never easy to lose. Loss hurts and it stinks, but it is a fact of life. My heart ache right now and I know in time that ache will fade and the memory will be a more pleasant thing to feel.

During this time it is easy to get caught up in the what ifs or the should of dones, but I am trying to stay out of that area. God made this path for me and I have to believe that there is a reason for how things turned out.

Dear Dale,

I wish I had known you better and had the kind of relationship a granddaughter has with her grandfather, but we didn't. There really is no one to blame its just how things happened. People's choices really effected our lives, but that is ok. Because of choices that people made I did have you in my life and even though it was a small amount of time I cherish it. From what I know you were a great man and I am sure you would of been a awesome grandfather had we had more time. You will always have a place in my heart and you will not be forgotten. I love you.


Please pray for the Moore family as they deal with the loss of a sweet man.

Joe Willy's Night

Our Life Group is raising money to send a group to Mozambique this summer for a missions trip. We had our first event last night to raise money. Our class worked at Joe Willy's and it was a great night. Tons of friends, family and others from the community showed up to show their support. It is amazing to see people coming together to do God's will.

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:19, KJV

Pancakes from a can!!!

So my sweet hubby woke up and made me pancakes last weekend!!!



These wonderful pancakes came from a squirt can =) and they tasted really GREAT!!! There is a lot food that we eat in our house that comes from a can, but I would of never thought pancakes would be one of those items. O well I thought they were great and the clean up is easy!!! So now you will not find pancake mix in our house, but you will have can pancakes!!!

4 year of marriage

A week ago I posted about the days that lead up to the wedding and then the actual day. Now its to to post about what happened after the kiss.

Tim and I have been married 4 years. We have had awesome moments and not so awesome moments. But all of those moments have help make our marriage what it is today. He is the love of my life and I am his.



We have a amazing dog and a really sweet baby boy!!! They keep us pretty busy, but we would not have it any other way. God has blessed us and we are so happy together.

To celebrate 4 awesome years Tim took me to Logan's steak house and then we went to whataburger for a shake. We had planned on going to the Harbor for ice cream, but it was so cold we did it drive thur style.

My son is so advanced!!!

Max is just so advanced that he is going through his terrible twos early!!! My boy is ahead of the game . . . o joy. My little angel has moments when he disappears and this other child appears. Then after a few minutes my the sweet little bundle of joy that I remember bringing home 18 months ago reappears!!! Man I thought I had at least 6 more months before the 'terrible twos' visited our house, but I guess I was wrong.

It all started 1 or 2 months ago when he began whining when he didn't like something. Then the whines turned into crying. Eventually he started throwing himself on the floor while he was crying and kicking his feet. Timmy and I agreed that we would just ignore him and wait for this phase to pass.

Well Max soon learned that throwing himself on the floor was not as effective as he had hoped. So he decided to take a different approach. Now he walks around following us while screaming and crying, When I walk away to cook, clean or just to get away he screams louder and pulls on my leg. We are trying the planned ignore thing, but he is making it a little difficult.

The other day he was walking around the game room crying as I was cleaning. Well he was looking up at me throwing his fit so he did not see the riding rocket. He ended up flipping over it and bumping his head on the floor. When I went over to check on him and help him up he just looked me with this look that said 'why did you let this happen?'

OOOOO my heart just crumbled. I know I didn't cause him to fall and kids bump things all the time, but at that moment I wanted to just cry with him. Man these 'terrible twos' are going to cause all of us tears before its over with.

- - - Being a mom means learning the 'terrible twos' is a false advertising. This condition lasts longer than a couple of years!!!
(1001 Things It Means To Be A Mom)

First Game Night of 2010

My brothers, sister and I have this long tradition of getting together and playing games. We have done this since we were kids and I love it. This is a time when we just get together and have funnnnn!!!!



Normally we play poker and then wii, but this time we decided to change things up. Ashley brought over Clue and Scene It. And well both games ended up being a no go!!! After Ashley spent 10 minutes just trying to figure out how to set up Clue we voted to bag that game and pick a new one. The clue that she brought was a new version and it had a different setup. So then we switched to the card game Golf. We ate pizza and played cards. The cool thing was we just played no score keeping. We just giggled and acted silly.



After a couple of rounds of cards we decided to rock out to Beatles' Rock Band. The boys rocked the guitars and drums while Ashley, Max and I sang the vocals. It was fun!!! Max had a blast singing into the microphone. He loved hearing his voice =)




Once we were done with the rocking out the boys asked really nicely if they could watch the Cowboys game. So they went into the living room and watched the game while Ashley, Max and I played Dancing with the Stars on wii. After a few dances Max was ready for bed so Aunt Ashy put him in his bed and then we continued our dancing.

Scene It was the game of choice when the football game was over. So Ashley plugged in the DVD player and loaded the game, but she forgot the remote to the DVD player so we could not play that game. So we went back to rocking with the Beatles!!!

We rocked it out until around 12:30 ish!!!! It was fun hanging out with my brothers and sister. We are all so busy and it was nice to make some time to have fun and act silly. I miss them I cherish the time that we do it to spend time together. My brothers and sister are the best!!!

On this day, I Thee wed...

O MY GOODNESS I AM GETTING MARRIED TODAY!!!! Was the first thing that popped into my head as I woke up on Jan 7, 2006. I could believe that I woke up as Miss Simms and I will go to sleep as Mrs. Watson.

My mom had already been up for hours trying to stay busy and balling her eyes out. She acted like she was just told about the wedding. You would of never known that we had a 2 year engagement to plan for this big day. But I am sure when I sweet Max is getting ready on his wedding day I will understand (love ya mom). She made me breakfast and then we sat at the dining room table and made the flowers for the wedding. I am such the DIY person I didn't want to pay lots of money for flowers that I could do myself. So we spent an hour or so making all the different flower arrangements and chatting about the events that where about to take place. Again the thought O MY GOODNESS I AM GETTING MARRIED TODAY!!!! popped into my head.

Once the flowers were done my mom, sis and I headed to the hair lady. As the lady was working on my hair my man of honor showed up for the festivities. No he was not getting an up do, but he wanted to be there as support and to poke fun at all my curls. When my sis and I were all prettied up Mike, man of honor, took us to get our make up done. Again he was not apart of the make-up getting done, but he wanted to make sure he was not slacking on the man of honor duties. Plus he was the Starbucks guy!!!

Now that the make-up is on and the hair is curled it is time to head up to the church and get the show on the road!!!

As we pulled up this tingly feeling filled my insides. It was not a nervous or stressed feeling of any kind. The tingly feeling that I had a was feeling of being truly blessed. I could see the plan that God had been trying to show me. All the experiences good and bad were stepping stones to get me to this moment. It was like he put his arm around me and said, "here you go Stacey you have reach prize you have been working for." Even though I didn't always like his path he had for me and I never really knew the exact prize I was working for I am glad I got there.

My mom is such a crier. As we were putting on the dress and the veil her eyes were just full of tears. Even my 13 year old sister was over there just crying her eyes out. Me on the other hand I tend to cry and laugh at the wrong moments so I was not able to join in on the festivities, but it was sweet that our big day meant so much to them.

Now the clock said 7:00 p.m. It was time to line up and pledge my life to Timothy Max Watson for ever. Standing in the hallway I could hear the music start playing and everyone was cutting up and talking about how they are ready to get to the reception and let lose, but all I could do was stand there and THANK GOD FOR BLESSING ME SO MUCH. Again I could not believe this day had really gotten here.

Mike was the last to enter the chapel and the doors closed. The coordinator looked at me and said its time are you ready??? Then my Dad being all mushy and sweet looks down at me and asks "Now are you sure he is worth $10,000.00 because I am sure I can get some of the money back its not to late?" We both laughed and I said I love you too. He then bent down kissed me on the cheek and said "I am proud of you and I know you and Tim will be great together. Yall are a match made in heaven". And boy was he right the LORD had a his signature all over our love.

Just then the doors up, everyone stood up and we started the long walk down the aisle. People were waving an blowing kisses, but my full attention was on the man that stood at the front of the church, my future husband. Once we got to the end of the aisle I stopped and gave my mom a rose and a hug. As I hugged her I whispered I am getting married right now. She just laughed and said I love you to!!! I guess I get my sweet mushiness from my dad. Then my dad walked me up to the man I will spend my life with from this day on.

As we stood there holding hands, looking at each other and listening to Earl (my cousin married us) it was like I was in a daze. During that moment at the front of the church as I pledged my life to Timmy and he pledged his to me I started to cry. The happier I became the more the tears poured out. I could not believe the amount of water that was coming out of my eyes. I started to think I might need to pause and take a water break. Just kidding!!!

After what seemed like forever Earl said those words I dream about hearing since I was a little 'bow head' YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE!!! At that moment our rule of no big PDA went out the window. Timmy put his arms around me gave me the biggest kiss ever!!!

From that point on I would be Mrs. Timothy Max Watson!!!!

An amazing reception followed at the Shores Country Club. We ate, drank and danced. It was a blast. When it came time to doing the garter my new hubby thought he would be funny. He had gone to Catherine's, the clothing store, earlier that day and bought the largest pair of women's undies that he could find. He then tucked them up his sleeve. When he lifted my dress to get the garter he pulled out the undies. And when he stood up to show off what we thought was the garter everyone laughed their heads off. My sweet hubby he is such a card. Once the laughter stopped he then pulled off the garter to keep with tradition.

After lots of dancing and parting Tim and I headed off to our honeymoon. As we left we were pelted, I mean showered, with rice!!!

That was such an amazing day =)

I want to give out a big thanks to all our family and friends who helped make that day awesome and all the ones who helped make this day possible. There were so many moments over the years that had to happen to lead to this one perfect day and I am so grateful for all of them. Because of all the ups and downs I had to encounter I get to spend my life with the one man made just for me!!! O, I am so blessed. Thank you Lord for making this wonderful man and placing him in my life.

I love you Timmy always and forever!!!

The night before the BIG day!!!

So 4 years ago today I was decorating the church for our big day!!! This was such a great day!!! My mom, sister and man of honor (yes I said man of honor, mike and I have been best of pals since middle school) were putting up decorations and going over the final check list to make sure we did not forget anything!!! We had a blast playing, laughing and talking about the amazing day that was to come!!! Once we had finished we went to lunch and the mom and I went shopping for a cute rehearsal outfit!!! Everytime we went to a store my mom would say next time you shop here you will be a wife. And as corny as it was I giggled every time.

Then it was time to meet everyone at the church for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner!!! Had this day really come??? Was I really about to attend my own wedding rehearsal??? These were the questions that popped into my head as I entered the doors of the church. Once everyone arrived the practicing started. I just stood there in the back of the church watching my family and friends rehearse for one of the biggest days of my life. As I stood there watching everyone talking about music and places to stand all I could think about is this time tomorrow I will be Timmy's wife. There was not a nervous feeling to be found in me. The butterflies and fuzzy feelings were joy, happiness and love. I could not believe that I was just one day away from marrying the man God created for me!!!

Once the rehearsing was complete we headed to the gym for the rehearsal dinner catered my our favorite place HOOTERS!!! (yeah you read it correct) I loved eating and chatting with everyone. And it was cool to hear from the parents about how happy they were and all the dreams they had for us. We are very blessed to have such amazing families and friends.

Then it was time to head off to the bachelorette party!!! I know some people say that is not a good idea to do it the night before, but it worked for me. Mike, the man of honor, took me to Pete's Piano Bar and well I had lots to drink. At some point I ended up on the stage dancing like a rockstar groupie (sp???) So after a couple of hours, 2 beers and 1 shot of taguila it was time for me to go home!!! Once I was some my brothers got a kick out of seeing a side of they never thought they would see. I still hear about some of the funny things I said that night.

Well after some giggles and 2 advils I was fast asleep. And all I could think about as I was getting into bed was next time I go to sleep I will be Timmy's wife!!!

Gearing up for the new year!!!

Everyone in the Watson house made new year resolutions even MAX!!!



Max is all dressed up in his workout wear and to complete the look he is wearing momma's shoes. Apparently he is taking the tradition approach to the resolutions and going with start to work out more!!!

3 days until the big 4 year!!!

Goin' to the chapel and we're
Gonna get married

The whole time I was engaged I walked around singing that song =) Man I love that song!!!

This time 4 years ago I was starting my 1st day as a teacher at Schrade Middle School and also getting ready for my 1st day as a wife!!! Talk about lots to do. Not only did i have to figure out how to teach a class that I did not go to school for I also had to plan for the week I would be gone on my honeymoon while taking care of last minute wedding things. Not sure how it all got done but it did!!!

Tim and I decided to gave a winter wedding and we were really excited about the cold. However I guess that song was really for me because the as it got closer to the wedding day the temp started to rise and it was 80 degrees the day we got married. Can you believe 80 degrees in Jan!!!

Here are the lyrics if you wanna sing along =)


THE CHAPEL OF LOVE (Dixie Cups)

Spring is here
The sky is blue
(whoa-whoa-whoa)
Birds all sing
As if they knew
Today's the day
We'll say I do
And we'll never be lonely anymore
Because we're

Goin' to the chapel and we're
Gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel and we're
Gonna get married
Gee, I really love you and we're
Gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel of love

Bells will ring
The sun will shine
(whoa-whoa-whoa)
I'll be his and
He'll be mine
We'll love until
The end of time
And we'll never be lonely anymore
Because we're

Goin' to the chapel and we're
Gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel and we're
Gonna get married
Gee, I really love you and we're
Gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel of love

2010 Bring it on!!!

HELLO 2010!!!

2010 You have so much to live up to, but I know you can do it!!! Over the years I have grown and been blessed so much, so bring it =) I have high hopes and plans for you 2010.

I want to make this year a year of growth and improvements. And I don't mean improvements around the house.

This year I want to grow as a believer and as a teacher. God gave me a talent to teach, yet I keep it all in the classroom. My faith is something that I cherish, so I want to share that and use my talent to help others learn about the amazing God that I love so much. I also want to step out more, well actually step up and be more of a leader!!! I am not sure how, but I am willing when I realize how.

This year I want to improve my wife and mothering skills. A part of being a good wife and mother is balance, so I want to work on my focus. I want to spend my time running a home that is loving, clean and some what organized. This would seem easy, but for me I tend to want to play and put the chores off for later. So I am starting with a to do list and then I hope I can put the list away because it will be 2nd nature.

This year I want to improve myself. I am going to try and eat better and work out more. Every year I say I will lose a certain amount of weight by the end of year, but I am not going to do that this year. You never know what will happen in 12 months and it for whatever reason I am not at that goal weight then i will have failed. So since i have learned that things GOOD or bad can change my plans I am going to go with a more general, but specific goal.


These are the things that I hope to improve over the next 12 months!!! So hello 2010 show me what you got =)

The moments that made 2009

I can not believe that 2009 is over!!! This has been one roller coaster of a year. I have learned so much and grown so much too. Writing this blog is kinda bitter sweet. 2009 did have such an impact on my personal growth, but I am so looking forward to seeing what 2010 has in store for me.

Here are just some of the moments that made the year for me!!!

Jan - 3 year marker for my marriage to Timmy. We realized that we placed our trust and hope in someone that for whatever reason could not come through for us. We had to start looking at plan B and C for home options.

Feb. - An amazing friend of my aunt's (Corey) stepped in build our house for FREE!!! The day that he agreed to help us for free I witnessed a miracle. That man gave us more then a house he gave us a home for our son. And for that I will for ever be greatful!!!

March - working on the house!!!

April - Timmy turned 29 and we spent many hours working on our new house

May - I turned 27!!! We moved into our new house!!! All my students passed the writing TAKS!!! My first mother's day!!!

June - Max turned 1!!!

July - Our first 4th of July in our new house!!! I got a new job in Rockwall ISD, got a new fence

August - Started my new job (o my I had a lot of paperwork with my new job)

Sept - still trying to get settled into my new job!!

Oct - First Halloween at our new house!!! started planning my 10 year reunion, Rowlett High's Homecoming makes 12 wonderful years with my amazing hubby!!! Took Max to the fair for the first time. Life Group Halloween party at our house!!!

Nov - Our first Thanksgiving!!! We had big family thing here!!! Ran, well actually walked, in the Husky 5k

Dec - Our first Christmas in our new home!!! Baked a ton man I love my kitchen!!! Hung with my boys


Well its weird trying to sum up an eventful year, but I did my best!!! This year has had its moments and I have learned so much from all of those moments. I learned a lot about what I can handle and how my plans don't always match the plans of the Lord. And I have also seen the grace that God has for us through the people that he has placed in our lives.