A friggin' straw!!!!

Austin really must be working hard to make it to college by the time he turns 1. At 10 months old he now has 4 teeth (2top,2bottom), has taken a few steps on his own, says mama when he whines, and as of last night he now can drink out of a straw!

I want to personally give all credit of him learning to use a straw at 10 months old to my very favorite South Carolina smartass momma, April!! She told me a few weeks ago that now would be the best time to teach our babies to use a straw and to do that little trick where you plug the top with your finger to catch some of the liquid then put it to his mouth. WELL!!!! It finally worked. I have been doing this for a couple weeks now.

Last night at Austin's 10 month birthday dinner at On the Border, Dan and I ordered him some fries and a corn dog from the kids menu. It couldn't have gotten to our table fast enough. He was freaking out because we weren't feeding him what we were eating right then....chips and hot salsa. I don't think so little man. He's gotten used to me dropping liquids into his mouth by now. I was giving him some of my ice water with a lemon in it....City water is the grossest thing ever so the lemon masks the nastyness. Once he started to show that he was tired and done eating I gave him a little more water to wash down his food and he latched on to the straw! so I kept giving him more until he sucked the water from my cup. He's so smart.

April- I love you very much and you know I love that you are a smartass and you stick up for you believe in. You must have been a teacheer in some other time. You schooled me on how to teach Austin to suck thru a straw. It paid off. You are a genious. I can only hope to keep being schooled by you.

I took a picture but I cannot upload it to my work computer but I will do a post with all kinds of new pics.

Funny things about my loved ones

The other day my mom said 'Hoopla' while we were talking about something. I thought it was so funny and so cute that she knew that word. lol

Austin thinks it's funny when I'm laughing at something and he starts to laugh also. And he likes to 'kiss' my cheek which is a slobbery suction cup on my face then the sounds of him bah bah bah bahing. awwww

Dan likes to blame farts on anyone and anything but himself. He usually just makes a small smartass comment about the noise he just released but sometimes he blames Austin or the dog, or even me....which is very funny to blame me when i'm the one that couldn't 'let one go' if I tried.

Our Coonhound is confused by Speak and Sit. Apparently they mean the same thing. I'm guessing it's the S in the beginning of the words. He sits and barks once when told to Speak then stands and barks once when you tell him to sit. He's not the brightest. lol

Who would've thought?!!

It's been about 2 1/2 weeks since our new truck completely took a shit. Now every night I have to find someone to take me to work and then find someone else to pick me up from work to go home. I hate being that type of person that has to rely on others to get me places. I am very thankful for those who have been helping me. Since I am without my own vehicle....I had a wake up call, big time!

I finally found out how I can save money and make it last longer than 2 weeks. Don't own a car! There's no gas bill, no fluids being poured onto the ground, no way to take me to the Mall at lunch time. Note: I actually have to have a car since my work is pretty far from my house.

This week I am doing the impatient dance waiting for my taxes to be depositted into my account. I filed my taxes this last saturday and they say it could be 6 days to 8-15 days to get my money. uughh....

My plan is to buy myself a car. One that has 4 doors and is good on gas. I'm really excited to get a new car again but there's part of me that knows I will spend more money since I will have transportation to the stores. I will be doing my best to act like I don't have a car and not go down the street to the mall at lunch and buy things I can live without.