Spring (Ball)

Spring ball is on it's way here!  Practice will start this Wednesday and Adam will be super busy.  The team is going to look really good and I'm super pumped about this coming football season.  It feels like this semester is going by super fast.  I've been taking MBA classes and am enrolled in the SWNM Leadership Program.  I feel like I've been going 100 miles per hour.  But, SPRING BREAK is coming!  We will celebrate Caden's first birthday.  I decided not to go big and send out invites and have  huge theme.  Instead we are going to have a big cookout at the beach.  We will go to the same area that Adam proposed to me at.  We're going to start making it a family tradition to try to have more parties there.  

I've started looking for casserole ideas for our upcoming dinners.  It's so much easier to make something you can reheat when the season has started.  Any ideas-send them my way! 

Here are some pics of the boys enjoying Caden's first Valentines day.  

Just hangin with Daddy

We love Mommy!

Heart shaped pancakes

My 30th Birthday

Well I'm officially 30!  I have to admit I don't feel much different except the feeling I get when I am judged more for being immature.  For my birthday my friends from the 303 spoiled me with an amazing weekend in Tucson.  We stayed at the JW Starr Pass resort and had an awesome time.  

I have never laughed so hard in my life.  We ate and drank like it was our last weekend on earth and we laid out pool side and relaxed in the lazy river.  It was fantastic.  I have to admit, it was so nice to get away from being a Mom for a few days.  I slept threw the night and took my time showering.  My friends really spoiled me with such a good weekend.  

lazy river

I think this was our only sober picture...and of course it was the last day of the trip before we all departed.

Alisha, Emily, me and Rachel

Adam's Mom came into town to help Adam as he had a recruiting weekend.  We couldn't have done it without her.  She hung out with CKC all weekend while Adam shmoozed some parents. 

CKC!

Where did Jan go?

Caden has been doing a TON of growing lately.  I can't believe I have a 10 month old.  It's gone by so fast and I don't how to slow it down.  

Adam has been really busy with the recruiting season.  I sometimes forget that recruiting takes up more time that actual season.  Recruiting allows Adam to be home earlier, but he's constantly on the phone.  When he's not on the phone, he's traveling or having recruiting visits on campus.  It's a never-ending cycle.  It is nice that he is home though and he has got to spend some great quality time with Caden.  

One of the things that Adam spends a lot of time with is giving back to the community.  This weekend he had the football team carry groceries out from the local Wal-Mart.  The community loves it and they also got a chance to sell some of their Athletic Calendars.  While Adam did that, Caden GREW.

Caden's 'scrunchie' face

Lunchtime!

wanted to wear Daddy's hat

Daddy watching Caden fall into the basket, he had to take a video before he helped him out-whomp whomp

Survival Tips for Single Parenting Success

My time has flown by as a single Mom.  It's been wonderful and I've enjoyed my mother-son time.  I feel for the first time that I really have this mother-thing under my belt and I'd like to share with you my top 5 survival tips.

5.  Prepare meals the night before...after bedtime. 

I'm big on a nice home cooked healthy meal for CKC, but when Adam's gone it's SO hard to watch him and cook fresh everything.  I've mastered the microwave-get familiar with it.  

CKC enjoying pre-cooked dinner.  I put it on individual plates as well for easy microwave preparation.
(Note veggies hidden in food)

4.  Educate your child. 

This is your chance to saturate your baby's brain with knowledge...knowledge about how SUPERIOR Mommy is and how awesome her skills are as a parent.  You owe it to your child to teach them this.

WHAT THE WHAT!?  Never google Mother/Son matching shirts

3.  Keep your routine!

It's super easy for me to get in the habit of having Caden fall asleep on my chest while watching amazing reality TV (Dance Moms), but I had some self control and stayed true to Caden's schedule and it paid off.  For the first time ever he slept the entire night 7-7.  AMAZING!

Abby would want it that way.

2.  Don't over do it.

Dishes pile up, cleaning doesn't get done, plants die and I wear the same dirty cloths...but, I'm less stressed at home and I allow myself to have some free time with CKC.  

Who likes doing chores anyway?  Plus, by now your husband is home and wants to give you a break so he will guiltily do all the chores for you.  BONUS.

AND 

THE

TOP 

 TIP....

1.  Buy wine prior to your spouse leaving...

this way you don't look like a crazy drunk taking your baby into the liquor store.

UM-WHO IS THIS LADY?!  Never google baby + wine.  Is that baby  alive?  Someone call Dateline.

La Vida Loca captured

Crazy

Life

Captured

Here is an awesome photo shoot that my sister-in-law Carrie Krupke captured.

Click her for her blog post!

Pitch Perfect Photography

Great seeing you, good-bye...

My husband and I got to spend 3 amazing weeks together visiting family and friends.  We made it to Iowa, Las Vegas and San Diego all with our little 9 month old.  It was quite the adventure and was SO relaxing.  I have to admit, I love having family around to help take care of CKC.  We are all alone in New Mexico and have a high school babysitter who is great, but no family to come help. (I praise the Lord every time Adam's Mom comes to help for extended periods, but she's 8 hours away!)

But, now that we are back, it's back to reality.  SINGLE MOM.  As many of you and your husbands will be off to the upcoming football convention, mine will be joining you.  It's kind of like his spring break if you will.  He goes to network, share football stories and drink beer.  I'm excited for him to get the chance to go again, but it makes me lonely just thinking about it.  And then after convention, recruiting, then spring ball and by the time you know it, it's game day.

With CKC now starting to try to walk, it makes my life very interesting.  Does anyone know of any good survival tips for entertaining and keeping up with an almost 10 month old? Should we just eat McDonalds every night?

Crazy Mom...and republican

Hello 2012!

Hello 2012, you look FABULOUS!  My blog is finally----kind of----back up and running!  I've been doing some experiementing on DreamWeaver and I've got to say, making websites is very fun, but in the meantime, I've got my good ole blogger.

What will this blog offer you in 2012 you ask?

Football-DUH

Ok, seriously, I will share a lot of thoughts on how to survive living with an always 'in season' football coach and how to keep up with my ever growing off-spring, Caden.

I will try to share more convient foods for the football season, unlike my amazing lasagna that took 35923 hours to make.

Mostly, I hope my blog will provide you with insights on what it's like to be married to football.   Maybe we can connect on a creepy internet way and we can share our stories on how to be super hero Football Wives and Moms...but let's not get all sappy.  Happy New Year!