Bathtime

I almost forgot these! Doesn't just about everyone have a bath time picture with their cousins?? Here are Hutch's and Brenden's :) Sweet boys.

Family weekend

My mom, sister and Brenden visited this past weekend and we had so much fun! The weather was perfect when they got here on Friday so we went to the park to play. Of course, I had my camera in hand (which I believe I fixed...for now anyways.. YAY). Brenden and Uncle Shawn had lots of fun going down the slides and running all over the place. 

Shawn got "B"(Brenden) to believe that there were alligators living in one of our closets...B wouldn't drop it after that. He kept telling my sister that if she wasn't careful the alligators were going to bite her in the "bobo". It was pretty cute. 

We went to the Wheeler County stock show Saturday morning and saw the pig show. It was pretty neat. I haven't been to a pig show since high school when Shawn showed and am convinced that our children will be doing some sort of showing when they reach the right age. I didn't think I would like it but I caught myself really getting into it. 

After that we just hung out at the house...it started to get pretty cool outside so we didn't have much to do. So, I showed my sister how to do some things in photoshop and here's what we got...

I love B's smile...

Canadian

One thing I love about Shawn's job is that he works up enough credit during the week that he gets every other Friday off. We typically try to plan fun things for us to do on these days off. On this particular Friday we decided to drive to a great little town called Canadian which is about an hour north of us. It's an oil town so there are some nice little restaurants and a fun movie theater. We ate at a BBQ joint and then went out to try and take some pictures. Unfortunately the wind was crazy and some cold weather was blowing through.  I did manage however to get a few pics.

This is Shawn's favorite of him and our boy.

I love that he knows to smile at the camera...when he wants to.

Thanksgiving

Well we made it through November! We were in Lubbock literally 4 or 5 times. That's a lot when you have a 7 month old and 3 dogs and a 3.5 hour drive.  I'm happy to have a break for a bit. We had a great time with family while we were home though. Hutchy boy got to see lots of family and friends and got a little spoiled I might add. He DID NOT sleep good at all while we were there so when Sunday rolled around and we were back home he slept for hours! AND still went to bed at his normal time! He had lots of catching up to do; so did we...I'm still wanting to catch up!

Hutch loves other kids or babies...his cousin Brenden is one of his favorites :) Brenden brought EVERY. SINGLE. TOY. to Hutch at my parent's house one afternoon. He was so sweet to show him how to play with them too. Here are some sweet pictures I got of the boys...there aren't many. Brenden refuses to look at the camera and if he did Hutch didn't want to look....I tried though.

Brenden LOVES to hold Hutch. He says, "Momma, I hold Hutch Me." He ends everything with "me".

 Brenden just had to say hi to the neighbors!

Brenden is seriously the sweetest little boy...besides Hutch :) He saw my mom, sister and me playing with dominos so he decided that he wanted to play with the "don-does".  He is also obsessed with Shawn. I walked into my sisters house and he looked right past me and said "Where's Shawn??" "Deedus, Where's Hutch?" Well, who cares about me!!!! It breaks my heart but I know he does love me :)...when Shawn isn't around.

Getting caught up

I feel horrible! It's been a good while since I have blogged anything. We had computer issues which MADE us get a new computer. We are so glad we did...we are officially an Apple family :) I was so worried that I had lost all of my pictures of Hutch...but luckily they guy that worked on it was able to get it going so we could save all of our pictures. I think we also need to invest in an external hard drive.

Hutch is getting so big and is so sweet. Let's see Hutch is:
-Still sleeping through the night. It's wonderful. He LOVES his sleep. He has gotten to the point where he really doesn't even like to be rocked. Just feed him and lay him down. NO FUSSING EITHER!
- He takes 2 2-3 hour naps during the day
- He has 2 solid feedings during the day and gets mommy's milk for all the other feedings.
- He is now eating bananas, apples, pears, peaches, sweet potatoes, peas, cereal...I know there are more I just can't think of them all. He loves them all too! I LOVE making all of his baby food too! No store bought Gerber things...all fresh produce!
- He is sooo very close to crawling!!! He makes so much progress each day.
- He loves the puppy dogs. He talks to them anytime they are around. *I think Hattie is his favorite...she let's him pet her without licking him like crazy
- I think it's safe to say he loves my singing! This just warms my heart. He can be in the most dramatic cry and then I start singing the itsy bitsy spider and he stops. I have a cute video to post soon of him listening to Sugarland...I sing their new song "stuck like glue" to him all the time. It was on the TV the other day and he stopped everything to watch it!
- He loves everyone...except for my dad sometimes. As much as it breaks my dad's heart...I think it is pretty cute. I'm not sure what it is about dad that scares him.
- He sits up so good now but he makes falling over sound like the worst thing that could ever happen to a six month old.
Here are some 6 month pictures: Well scratch that...I can't upload pictures for some reason. Check back later...I'll figure it out.

Shawn and I have been so busy lately...I have been in Lubbock every weekend this month! That is one of the worst drives when you have to make it that often. We have a break this weekend so it's going to look like Christmas in the Overton home. Hutch has his very first Christmas tree in his room! Shawn and I plan on getting each of our kids their own trees for their rooms so they can decorate them however they want. We will help Hutch out the first few years :)

*It's really killing me that I can't upload pictures.

I still haven't finished my quilt. It is all layered together...I just have to learn to quilt now and then put my binding on...but I also have to have time to do all of this. Something that I don't have much of right now. While our laptop was "hibernating" I worked on a few sewing projects. I made a quilted alphabet for our friends little girl. They turned out so cute...again..wish I could post pictures. I also made a camera strap cover...not the prettiest thing but cute. I couldn't look at the tutorial online so I just had to wing it. I'll re-do it the correct way soon.

I guess that's about it. I'll do a picture post once I figure out what the deal is. Hope you all have a wonderful week!

3 Years!!

Three years ago today I married this man...

We went to Jamaica the next day...
We came home to this house in Lubbock
Shortly after being married we moved here in Russellville, Arkansas
Shortly after this we moved here...in Lubbock...Again...
We went a little crazy and purchased this little "muddy" Bull...

But shortly after moving back to Lubbock and buying our bull we found out we were having our first son and were moving to this house in Shamrock, TX...
Things finally started to slow down when this little chubby-cheeked boy blessed our lives...

So after 4 moves, a new puppy, a baby and many more things in between we are living a beautiful life together. I have loved every minute of our three years. Shawny, thank you for making me a mommy and being such a wonderful husband and dad. I love you so very much and I am looking forward to this next year together!

I Feel the Need to Brag

I can brag about my family right??
Well, after sitting in front of my computer all morning and playing with my photoshop, I have fallen in love with a picture of my sister.

A few weekends ago I took some pictures of my sister, her hubby and my sweet nephew. *I am by no means a pro, but they trusted me enough to take some pics of their sweet family. I appreciated the practice*

I have had a beautiful Canon Rebel camera for a couple of years now and photoshop for a little bit longer...I'm just now discovering what these two can do together! It's amazing what you can find on the internet these days (tutorials, free downloads, actions)...all for photoshop!

Anyways, here's my beautiful sister. Before and After photoshop :) Enjoy!