We had so much fun making our very first Valentines for all the kids at the babysitter, well let me rephrase that; I had SO much fun making our first Valentines for all the kids at the babysitter.  We also made homemade cards for all the Grandparents.

Our Little Mice

For the Grandparents

Happy Valentine's Day everyone;)

First Year and Counting...

Wow, who would have thought two completely clueless people could survive the first year of parenting. Well, we did it, and not without a lot of challenges; from hospital stays, to finding our parenting technique; welcoming new family members and friends, to saying goodbye to loved ones. We made it, and made it ALIVE!!
What a wonderful first year this has been. We are blessed with such a happy, wonderful little guy, and he never ceases to amaze us. God is Good! Happy Bday Month Booe:) Thank you God for choosing us to be the parents of this wonderful little guy.

Holding my sweet boy for the first time

Daddy holding Karson

Our RSV hospital stay

First day at babysitters

First swim

Mommys 9/11 Heroes Run

Kindermusik

Chunk of Love

Loving on MiMi

Running my way to sanity:)

Finding my passion for running again has been one of my favorite accomplishments. I ran my first 5k, 3 months postpartum and my second 5k, 7 months postpartum, improving for a grand total of 3.2 miles in 28 minutes. My biggest supporters, my husband and son, cheering me on from the start to finish line. There is nothing greater than approaching the finish line watching these two so extremely proud of what I am doing. Running has been my stress reliever, passion, love, and new found way of keeping sanity from the everyday stresses.

This pretty much sums up why I run!

Joplin Memorial race

911 Heroes Run

Best Time Yet!!

It's a Wonderful Life<3

  Well, here we go into the wonderful world of blogging. Something so foreign to me, being that I'm completely computer illiterate, I thought lets try something out of my comfort zone. Here is my life in a nutshell...

Karson and I watching the Christmas parade

  I am a wife, mother, and hairstylist. I'm one of those lucky ones that gets to do what I enjoy on a daily basis. Yes, I will admit, there are times I would rather sit at home with my baby boy like any other mother, but for the most part, my job is who I am, it's my talent and my passion. My husband is one of a kind. Once you know him, you fall in love with his goofy personality. Our son is our world. He was the result of an EF5 tornado in my small hometown of Joplin, Mo. He is our reminder that good things come out of the bad.

This is my wonderful husband and best friend.

  We have two dogs. Both are characters, neither care too much for their new baby brother, but life goes on right? No one is going anywhere, so they are forced to get along;) I'm sure the more I blog, the more you will hear of the stunts these two pull in our everyday life. Elvis is the mastermind behind it all and Patches is the follower.

This is Elvis. We practiced this pose for awhile. He may look happy, but he wasn't.

Don't let these two fool you, Karson is holding a waffle.

 Stay tuned for a fabulous 1st bday party, house hunting/building, and adventures in raising a toddler.
  
Welcome to our life;)