It's a bird...It's a plane...

NO...It's an Octopus!
Isn't he the best looking Octopus you've ever seen?Not even an hour after we arrived at the party, he was exhausted. It must be tough being so dang cute. I tried having a little photo shoot in these big white rockers that I saw on some random porch, but he was too relaxed. He just slumped right over and stared off into space. But I still think I got a killer picture here(minus the red eye).

I could seriously just eat him up. Look at those eyes!
And he's down for the count! When he fell asleep, he fell hard. He would not even budge. I guess that's what happens when he only sleeps for an hour during the day.

I am so glad I captured that smile on Dan's face. He is such a party pooper and says he HATES Halloween, but may this photo remind him otherwise.

New Hobby

Sometimes while cleaning up around the house I enjoy turning up the tunes and jamming out if you will. Only one problem with that..if the last song I hear is a good one, it gets stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

So after I finished picking up I went to play with Camden. He was smiling and laughing, he was having a blast until...(dun dun dun) that dang song I heard on the radio last, got in my head and I started singing it!
Our fun little play session quickly turned to pots. The minute I started singing I see this face!
No sooner the face turned to this... Oh no I thought, maybe I should sing louder he must not be able to hear sweet mama singing to him!
Oh shiz, he hates my singing! It must be bad if it makes a baby cry when he hears it:( Don't worry son, Mom will take up a new hobby!

Creepy

Alright! So I got the hook up to this crazy little device from Dan's good pal(we will refer to him as Tyson). It's called a bodybugg, and basically I wear this funky thing around my arm and it tracks how many calories I burn. Tyson sets me up on a program of how many calories I should be burning as well as eating. He can access this site and the two of us can discuss what I need to be doing differently or what I'm doing well. The program he set me up on is linked to my bugg and I access the site to enter all my food for the day.

So once I input my food, this program tells me how many calories I have eaten. The charts below are similar to what I see. Obviously this chart isn't mine or I wouldn't be losing weight, but you get the point.

I'm not gonna bore you with the details...but I can say this...I love this thing. It has helped me realize that all the hard work I am putting into losing weight is making a difference. If you wanna know more about the Bodybugg you can check it out here. Or I can refer you to Dan's pal. I swear this post wasn't supposed to be a plug for this thing, but it quickly turned into one.

The point of this long drawn out post was to tell you that I was laying in bed while Dan was talking to Tyson on the phone and Tyson asked, "Wow, what were you doing at 9 o'clock this morning?". For a minute I felt a little violated. It never really crossed my mind that he could pin point one time during the day and see what I was up too. It just kinda freaked me out that he was looking at my graphs and could see that I was burning calories and my heart rate totally spiked. If anything, this creepiness helps me not want to be lazy or he can see that too!

So as I sit here and blog I am trying to do so fast in order to burn more calories so creepy Tyson can't say, "Wow, what weren't you doing at 4:30 this afternoon".

You Crazy Dog

This past weekend Wayne was in town for business and we got to spend some time with him.
Of course he came bearing gifts for Camden...this hat is one of them! Now all we need is for the weather to cooperate and get a little cooler so he doesn't sweat to death when he wears it. After a long hard day of golfing, the boys took me out for some steak. MMMM...good times!

Nothing Better Than A Bath

Just a little background here...Upon getting married to my hot husband I inherited a dog, that Dog's name is Chewie!

Alright on to the story...One thing I have never liked about dogs is the fact that they stink. Oh, and another thing; I always feel like I need to wash my hands because I was around one, even if I didn't touch it. Oh and....just kidding, I'll stop there!

So to make this boring story shorter...I have this thing about Chewie getting a bath at least once a month to help cut back on the stink problem as mentioned earlier. This once a month rule was a bit easier when I was working full time and didn't have a child to spend my money on. Now that I don't work very often, and spend 150 bucks a month on formula for that child, I don't wanna give up my money on a dog's bath! And I of course don't bathe the dog, that's "Dan's job". Seeing how Dan works a boat load of hours and doesn't get a ton of free time, it's a bit hard to meet this once a month bath rule. But tonight it happened...(dun, dun, dun)
Oh and did I mention Chewie has more hair than any other dog I've ever seen!!! Just to give you an idea, we put a DVD(and Dan's foot) next to the pile of hair that was brushed from Chewie during her bath. Sick huh? DISCLAIMER: Please don't be afraid to come to my house for fear it is filthy because you've seen these pictures. I try REALLY hard to keep my house looking like a pet free environment. I swear I am constantly dusting and vacuuming! Bathing this dog is no small task. Her big fluffy coat has to be blown dry in order to keep it looking presentable. Can you see why when the money was readily available I was willing to pay the groomer to do this tedious task?

And here is the final product. Ahhh...nice and clean, I will sleep better tonight knowing she is a little cleaner!

Good job Dan! I love you ten times more than I did yesterday because you did this!!!

Too Hot

You are never gonna believe this...it was 94 degrees today! Camden and I were sweating to death in our house so we decided to head over to the YMCA for a little dip in the pool. We stayed about an hour and had a blast. Cam was laughing hysterically when I would sit him on the edge of the pool(out of the water) and say, "On your mark, get set, go" then quickly put him in the water(as if he was jumping in). He was having such a good time that one of the men swimming laps stopped and came over to see what was going on. They both thought it was pretty funny!!!
All that laughing must have wiped him out! After the quick five minute drive home this is what I saw.
Isn't he so sweet when he's asleep?

The Sun Is Always Shinning When You're Cool

I was feeling a little couped up today while Camden was down for a nap. So as soon as he woke up we put on our shades and headed out on the town. Can you believe it was 92 degrees outside today? That is just plain weird! We have lived here for over two years and it is still hard for me to get used to "summer weather" in late October.

We went and walked around the new shopping center by our house. When we got home I took Camden's glasses off and he was looking all around like "Mom, why did you do that?". He loves to wear those things, it is pretty darn cute!

As you can see in this picture he is pointing to his left, what you can't see is the cute girls he is pointing at. He was totally saying, "Check out those hotties, they want me". And they did. Who wouldn't, I mean look at the kid!