#1 Construction Party

Woo hoo! This week over at Kelly's Korner it's Show Us Your Life-Kid's Birthday Parties! Boy do I love to plan parties. I swear to you I was planning Corbin's 1st birthday before he was born. When he was born it was like the countdown was on. We put a lot of thought into his first party and I hope that it showed. We decided to go with a construction theme. I researched the Internet what seemed like forever! I found a great website www.birthdaypartyideas.com it gave me a ton of ideas. From those ideas and few of my own here is what we did for Corbin's 1st birthday party!

Together Chris and I went to numerous yard sales hunting down any kind of road signs. I was lucky enough to find a guy that knew someone that worked on the road department crew here in Newnan and I found real street signs. Got three of them for only 15.00 which I considered a steal! (Plus they did double duty, they were cute hanging on the trees on the way down my sis's driveway where the party was held, now they look awesome in my husbands game room)

Here is a picture of the tables...each table had a it's own dirt cake in a bucket. This worked out great and plus someone from each table ended up taking cake home!

We really used all of our resources...my cousin works for GA Power and he got us these real construction cones, perfect for roping off gifts.

Here is Corbin's Cake, at the time he wasn't a big sweets person so we did him a dirt cake too, no smash cake for our precious boy, but I think he loved the cake! By the way his banner says Being One Rocks..and the cake was covered in chocolate rocks.

Lots of people told us not to invite many people, keep it small, he will get whiny with all the people around...blah blah blah. Well we had 50+ guests with adults and kids and he loved every minute of it. He is such a people person that it was like a perfect day to him. Plenty of people to play with him, hold him, love on him, and watch him open tons of gifts. And he acted like he loved every one of them! (even the clothes!)




And boy did he rack up on the gifts or what!

Here's one idea I stole from another person. It says Corbin's Construction Est. Oct 1 2009 (his birthday) And it was covered with pictures from the time he was born until his birthday!

He had an awesome party! We served hot dogs, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, chips and drinks. Each kid got a hard hat, a tool apron (super cheap at Lowe's), a goodie bag complete with stickers, silly bands, bubbles, and a little bit of candy! The party last a few hours and it was perfect in our eyes and I kid you not before we could leave my sister's drive way I was talking about his second one. But you've gotta give me a little credit her driveway is almost a mile long! HA! (Just a little secret I'm planning a Cowboy party for this year and I've already got a million ideas) I can't wait to see what everyone else has come up with!

Friends

So we've been iced in for two days now...which is terrible. I'm not used to staying home; couped up with nothing really to do. Corbin and I have read every book, and I'm not exaggerating, in this house at least twice. So with all this time I've had a lot of time to think about stuff. Just stuff...stuff I want to do to house, things I want to do with Corbin, places I want to go, but more importantly friends. For some reason I've always been the girl with just one close friend. In elementary school Christie was my best friend. She was my only real friend in elementary school. Then we hit middle school and Holly and I were pretty close and I met lots of different people. I met my two Brandi's in middle school. Then there was high school. I loved every minute of high school honestly. I was around so many different people. In high school I had lots of close friends but it was weird because they were all so different so it wasn't like we all hung out together. After high school those friendships I had in high school that I thought were strong proved a little bit wrong. People I thought I would be talking to every day didn't exactly turn out that way and that's ok because for the first time in my life I feel like the friends I have today are the friends I will have the rest of my life. Each one of my friends is completely different and I love them all. I have a friend that I can call and tell everything too and I know she is going to give me her honest opinion no matter what. I've got a friend that even though I don't see her much I know if I need her she will be here. And I've even got a friend that if something happened to me I would feel confident leaving Corbin with her. That's a true friend. I hope that my friends know what they mean to me. They are everything to me. I'm so blessed to have so many good people in my life and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us :)

Me Blog???

Ok it's been a while since I blogged. Corbino seems to be able to keep up with his but me not so much. So it's a new year and time for me to get serious about this blog LOL. Corbin keeps me on my toes 24/7 but I need to start at least trying to blog a little bit each day even if it's just something sweet he does. So let's start with today. Corbin love to watch westerns with my dad. When I say love I MEAN LOVES!!!!! My dad is serious about his remote so if he lets you touch it, you are privileged. Corbin grabbed his remote today and then held out his arms to get on the bed. Daddy was laying down but he pulled him up on the bed and what did Corbin do? He laid down with him and held the remote just like my daddy does. Too funny. And of course I didn't have my camera so my mom took one with hers. Unfortunately hers is a camera that has to be developed. Seriously they still make them? Anyway I just can't wait to see the pictures. Chris and I had date night tonight. We had a great time and now we are going downstairs to watch a movie and enjoy a little time to ourselves. Hopefully I will find time to blog tomorrow :)

My Corbin

When Chris and I first got married we knew right away that we wanted kids. So after the honeymoon we began trying. A few months went by and Chris and I decided that we weren't going to try anymore after January because we didn't want to have a baby at Christmas time. Well on Chris's birthday I woke up, took a pregnancy test, and went back to bed. Chris woke me up minutes later and said "good morning mommy" NO WAY! I was pregnant and we found out on Chris's birthday. The next 9 months were not the best. Chris got laid off one week after we found out I was pregnant. I had a few problems along the way. I had a scare that thank god turned out to be nothing to serious. I was sick from the day I found out. I hated food, well everything but hot wings and choco tacos and french fries. From May until I had Corbin I couldn't wear my wedding rings because of swelling. The last few months of pregnancy were awful! Everyday my feet would swell so bad I couldn't feel them. Closer to the end of pregnancy the swelling was all day. I developed carpal tunnel while I was pregnant. Pregnancy was not fun at all. When I went to doctor on this day last year my blood pressure was very high so I was taken right then to the hospital. I only had a few minutes to read up on Preclampsia, which is what I had. I was admitted into the hospital and put on pictocin. The next morning Chris had an interview with the prison so he left me with my parents at the hospital. I just knew soon as he left I would have the baby...no luck. I had horrible contractions with no meds. They were on top of each other, but yet the doctor wouldn't do anything for me. When my blood pressure went up to 199/100 they decided then it was time for a C-section. At 6:44 pm Corbin Wilson Tweedell was born. I do not remember seeing him. The next thing I knew Chris was telling me to breathe. Then he was gone too. I remember being wheeled back into my room and them finally bringing the baby. I was so exhausted that I asked them to take him to nursery. The next few days were awful. They couldn't control my blood pressure. I didn't get to hold Corbin much and we had a lot of company. I know that no labor is perfect but I think I went through hell to have this baby. I would do it again for him, but not for another one. When we finally got to go home on October 4 I was so excited! We've had a crazy year. Chris got a new job, Corbin has grown into a little man, and I've grown so much. Watching him grow and learn new stuff everyday keeps me amazed! I wouldn't trade my life for anything. So Happy Birthday Corbin...your daddy and I love you very much!

Our Work in Progress

Yippie! Show Us Your Life is Back. This is something really fun to do with your blog. This girl started this last year and she is back and it's better. This time it's show us where you live. Every Friday for a while she will post a new room and you take pictures of your room post it and blog about it. It's a fun way to be nosy in someone else's home and to get lots of new ideas! This week it's Show us your Living Room. So here goes.

Our Living Room is currently not the way I want it. Our TV went out about 3 months ago. Since we still had the old style tv (huge back and bulky) I decided to give it away to someone that was willing to have it fixed. In the mean time we are saving up for a flat panel that we can simply hang on the wall.

This is the view as you walk through our front door. Please excuse the fan in the window...we haven't had air in quiet a while (although we are supposed to have it by tonight!) Our Living Room and Kitchen is open so you do see barstools at the counter. I'm trying not to get the kitchen in the pictures because I know we will blog about that later :)

Ok so this is the view from our couch. Since Corbin has started crawling I don't spend much time in the here because of the glass table. And it's not because I don't want to clean finger prints all day, it's just easier to stay in the toy room. For Christmas I am getting a new coffee table and a new sofa table! So hopefully this will help the look of the living room.

This is my view from my rocking chair looking down our hall. Hopefully once I get my sofa table I will pull the couch away from the wall and place the table against the wall to kind of make a hall way behind the couch. And I would love three big pictures of us on the wall that you see.

This is our view from the kitchen. Love love love my mirror on the wall. Not sure it really goes with the room but I won't take it down. My daddy bought it for me before Chris even closed on this house!
And last but not least this is our fireplace. It's electric. I knew it would be smarter with a baby not to have a real fireplace (plus it's less mess!) We are as decorated for Halloween as we get. Each of these silly things make noise and spin around or move to some extent. Corbin loves them (he's not afraid of anything!)

So that's my little living room. It's nothing fancy but it's us. It's our home and I love every inch of it (even the dirty ones!)

Next week is Master Bedrooms!

When it rains...it pours

What a crazy few weeks it's been! Corbin has started crawling...no wait he's speed crawling. And pulling up. Which has led to at least three bumps on his head, a red nose, and a busted lip, yeah no mother of the year award for me. And sad part is I've been in the room at arms length every time one of these has happened. Oh well. He's a boy he's supposed to be bruised and banged up right? On top of chasing after him all the time our air went out about three weeks ago. This wouldn't be quiet so bad if it weren't still in the 90's here. So Corbin and I have been staying with my mom most of the time. Then on top of all that...I've managed to chip a tooth and break a toe. Our luck is gone. I think we should just crawl back in the bed and wait for next year and hope it's better :) Wait I left out one thing...our microwave shorted out on me. We had to replace it, but on the plus side I got a new shiny red one :) So that's whats been going on here. All that plus trying to plan Corbin's 1st birthday party. Ok I can't talk about it, I'll cry. I think I'm going to get up from the computer now and try to clean...it's been so hard to clean this house when I'm usually at my mom's trying to stay cool :) Hope everyone is having better luck that us right now.

-If God leads to you to he will bring you through it-

2 Years and Going Strong

Two years ago yesterday I married the man of my dreams. I married the person that is perfect for me. I married the person I WILL spend the rest of my life with. These past two years have been crazy to say the least. I could have never imagine the first two years of marriage would be like this. It's brought us closer together though. We've been through some rough times but we've made it through and we are stronger than ever. We spent yesterday together with our beautiful baby boy. We all went out for pizza for lunch. Corbin was a cutie eating pizza. Then Chris surprised me by taking Corbin to have his pictures done. He's never had them done professionally before. Check Corbin's blog for those pictures coming up. I love my pictures they are the best gift ever! Thought I would just share a few from our wedding day. These are just a few that I found on the closest disc to the computer...

Me before the wedding

I love this one...probably because it's purple :)

The big moment...

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tweedell

8/8/8 @ 8:08 pm

Oh so yummy cake :)

Two years...and we are still so very much in love...in fact I think I love him more ;)