I'm Head Over Heels in L*O*V*E!!

Welcome Home Hank!! This is our NEW family member a full blooded bloodhound! We are all in LOVE! We got him 7/25!! He's SUCH a sweet boy he loves Tucker and he only whined early this morning and not all night. What a BIG boy!! As you can see in the picture above Olivia is CRAZY about him!!! :) He's such a sweet little blessing!! We LOVE you Hank!!

Perfect Little Face



Look at that bloodhound body!



Heading Home.. Sad he had to leave his siblings and momma



He is already getting a ton of kisses from Olivia!! Pretty much the sweetest thing EVER! Best Friends!!



BLESSED!

Over The Top

Over the top

Cortney over at Our Fishy Family posted this a few days ago. The description from her blog which came from others is this little meme "forces people that are "over the top" to limit their answers to one word." Sound fun? Play along too.

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your hair? Mess
3. Your mother? Strong
4. Your father? Laid Back
5. Your favorite food? Japanesse
6. Your dream last night? Nope
7. Your favorite drink? Tea
8. Your dream/goal? Family
9. What room are you in? Office
10. Your hobby? Outside
11. Your fear? Frogs
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Kids
13. Where were you last night? Big Whiskey's Bar and Grill
14. Something that you aren’t? Motivated

15. Muffins? YUMM
16. Wish list item? Beach
17. Where did you grow up? Bootheel
18. Last thing you did? worked

19. What are you wearing? Black
20. Your TV? Overrated
21. Your pets? LOVE
22. Friends? AMAZING
23. Your life? Crazy
24. Your mood? Chillin
25. Missing someone? Yes
26. Vehicle? Jeep 
27. Something you’re not wearing? Hairband
28. Your favorite store? Walmart
29. Your favorite color? Pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? Morning
31. Last time you cried? Monday
32. Your best friend? Inspiring
33. One place that you go to over and over? Work
34. One person who emails me regularly? ATT
35. Favorite place to eat that's a chain? Nakato



Your turn, GO!

Lots Of Blessings

Well this summer has been full of changes and blessings for my family. Jeff has started a new job with new hours, benefits, and pay :) He LOVES it! He always has stuff to do and they keep him busy and thats what he loves! Jeff loving his job makes for a happier husband!
As of yesterday I am now a full time employee with my job! I will be at our south side schools running my own programs with my ideas. I've very excited to start planning. If any one out there has good ideas for fun clubs to run after school... let me know!! :) I always am looking for new ideas to keep the kids having fun and being unique and not always the "same ol thing"
Olivia is getting SO big! Time has FLOWN by.... She is ALMOST 2!!! We are starting to think about her 2nd birthday and what we will do to celebrate!! We are thinking a swing set in the backyard and fall/winter clothes... She has a TON of toys and we have no more room!! I think she's old enough to enjoy the swing set through the fall and def. will be ready next spring/summer!
I love all the new things she says and does.. she LOVES dancing and singing... she is FULL of energy... She likes to talk... She has a little boyfriend at school she talks about all the time! It's SUCH a blessing to just watch her interact and see how smart she is. We are working on the ABC's and doing a WONDERFUL job!! I couldn't be more proud of her!! She is mommy's everything!! <3

Why I Love My Husband (3)

Just wanted to share how awesome my husband is. We all already know how talented he is when it comes to art and graphic design, but who knew he could do SWEET nails TOO!! I have an amazing husband!!  He never fails to be the best daddy in the WHOLE world he works all day and comes home to crawl on the ground, laugh, and play all evening. He even does A LOT of the cooking! 

I can't imagine life without him and just want him and everyone to know how blessed I have been by having him by my side through thick and thin!! 

I Love You Jeff!! 

Happy 4th of July!!

We celebrated all week long for the 4th of July! We started out on Monday celebrating with Jeff's Parents.. They stayed until Wednesday when my Mom and sisters came into town and we celebrated some more. My Dad came in town on Saturday! Talk about a BUSY funfilled week!! I enjoy having my parents here and spending time with all of them. Olivia also LOVES it!! :)

We spent the 4th actually as a family.. We headed to the aquatic center, but Olivia got a boo boo on the slide so we decided to come home and enjoy our pool and backyard. Heather and Joe came over and we all went swimming, bbq'd, and shot off fireworks... It was an AMAZING day!! I love my family and friends :) Here's a few pictures to capture the good times we had....

Potty Training and New Opportunities for the Rawson Household

Well the time has come.. We've been practicing for a few months just working on getting on the potty and off the potty and just liking the potty. I am ready for potty training.. Olivia is ready... But I have really no GREAT idea of how all of this works!! So if anyone has any good ideas or knows anyone who could give me a few pointers that would be AWESOME!! Today we got a potty that actually sits on the floor, we've been using the one that sits on the big potty... She really likes the potty that sits on the floor she can take herself to the potty and go! She's went twice this evening, but also pee'd her new dora panties 3-4 times.. yikes. The potty plays really cute music when she pees it's pretty sweet!
It's SO wild she is old enough to start potty training! :( Makes this momma SO sad.

Jeff has now accepted a new job and will start on July 5th. This is a HUGE change for us that comes with lots of changes... 7:30 start time and short Fridays, more money, and I believe a better work environment with people he actually will have things in common with. I think this opportunity will make him MUCH happier, which leads to a happier home.. :) I'm very excited for him and can't wait to share with everyone how he likes it.

As for me I just submitted my application to go "full time" with my current job. I'm "full time contract"now and work with the title one schools with our lower income grant funded programs, this job will allow me to work at two of the south side schools and do my own programming which i think would be AWESOME!! :) I'll be interviewing for this position soon and i'm looking forward to that change during the school year!!

More Details to Come and Pictures of Olivia and her new potty! :)

Hope everyone is having a GREAT summer!!

Been TOO long.. This is just an UPDATE on LIFE...

First of all I have been SUPER busy... I started summer camp and it keeps me very busy throughout the week... I def. look forward to the weekend with my family, but camp has actually been going very well!!
We have been swimming a lot, riding bikes, and just being outside until dark and bed time. Olivia is at such a SUPER fun age where we can actually go out and about and all have a good time together.
This weekend we spent it with Jeff's brother's at the lake.. Such a bummer that it rained on Saturday, but we did get to go out on the boat in the afternoon...
We just hung out, had girl talk, ate smores, boys fished, and we just had a blast... It's always fun when we all get together and do things. I'm looking forward to this week full of cardinal's baseball, camp, swimming with Olivia, and a weekend full of fun!! Life is going SO fast it's crazy. My little baby is now a big girl and talks SO much. She's SUCH a blessing even with her little attitude! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks I will make sure to post more now that I'm in a routine I can finally start to relax.

Happy Father's Day To My Wonderful Husband, Daddy, Step Dad, & Dad n Law... Yall are AMAZING men and are such a blessing in my life. Olivia is SUCH a lucky little girl to get to look up to all of you.

Family at the Springfield Cardinal's Game

Such a BIG girl

Swimming in her little pool

Swinging with Daddy at the Camp Site