How time flies

Well, this past weekend Jay turned 3!!!! I can't believe he is already 3!! It honestly feels like he was just born a few months ago. He is such a little man now. Sometimes I evenctach myself thinking, "wow, he's really big!!" He wants to be outside all the time and is super active!! Of course there are still times where he wants to cuddle and love on his Momma!! I love talking with him and he can say the funniest things sometimes. He told me today that he wanted a Green Goblin (bad guy from Spiderman) toy. I told him not today, but we would go look soon. He said, "yeah, I want to sit in the buggy at the store and go look." I just started laughing and said OK. So glad that my first born was a boy and I look forward to him growing up and becoming a wonderful young man!! Now, Jackson, whew! That boy wears me out!! He can be so dramatic sometimes!! He LOVES his Momma and attention. We are at the point though right now trying to teach him not to cry just to cry. So far, it's going OK. He is becoming very mobile. He isn't crawling completely yet, he is just "worming" around. He can get about anywhere though that way!! If he sees something that he wants, he worms his way over to it and grabs it! Most of the time it is one of Jay's toys and of course Jay won't have any of that!! HA!! He has like 4 teeth trying to come in, so he has been extra sensivtive lately. The 2 top front teeth are coming in and they look so painful! Tylenol helps though. We leave to go out of town again this weekend, and I will be heading back to NOLA the first week of June to spend a week or so. Jason will be in Tampa for military training for 2 weeks, so I am going home. Ashley and I are suppose to go dress shopping while I am there, so I am very excited about that!! There has been a lot going on at the Coons residence and I am ready for things to slow down, but unfortunately, I think things have just begun!!

Top Two Tuesday... Top 2 Dream Houses

Over the years Jason and I have talked forever about our dream house!






My mother in law has an amazing porch on her house and I love it so much.





We would also love a pool. Now, we did have a HUGE above ground pool at our house with a great deck, but it took up so much of our yard, and Jason just wouldn't have that!! If we ever had a pool again I would want an in ground pool with a fence around it for safety.



Another thing that is important to me is a nice master bath. We have tons of space in ours, but would love for it to be updated.



I also want a HUGE kitchen. My kitchen now is pretty big, but of course it is not as updated as I want it to be!! I want to be able to cook like a mad woman in there and be so proud of it!



I also love the Brownstone houses. Just looks so modern to me! We have actually looked at houses like this, but we are so nervous to sell because of the way the market is now.




I also want a screened in porch. A friend of mine had one at her old house and I loved it!! Perfect place just to sit and enjoy the weather. We would want to have sliding windows for the porch!




Sooner or later we will move into our dream house. We want to pay our house off and then either build or move!! So nice to day dream!!

"No Wire Hangers!"

There are some sayings and names that when I say them in my head I say them in the way I originally heard them, if that makes any sense!! When I say my high school, Cabrini High, in my head, I say as if I am singing our Alma Mater; stressing "high" in a very high pitch. When I say "wire hangers" I think of the movie Mommy Dearest and I can see Faye Dunaway yelling "No wire hangers!!" as she plays Joan Crawford!!

Now, you are probably thinking, why in the hell is Amy blogging about wire hangers?! Well, I get a note home from Jay's teacher yesterday saying that they need to bring in a wire hanger by Friday so that they can make a bubble wand! A bubble wand!! I never would have thought that!! So, last night I go looking through my closet to see if I have any wire hangers. And as I was shuffling through the clothes I realized I really don't have but maybe a few and I start to think back to college.

My college roommate, best friend, maid of honor, Ann, and I lived together most of our time at LSU. Even our first year there when she lived in the dorm and I in my apartment, we were with each other CONSTANTLY. If someone saw Ann, they asked where I was, if someone saw me, they asked where she was. Even though we were so close, we were so different, and still are. Opposites do attract though.

When I say different, I mean different. She was so neat and I'm sure she still is! As for me, I was a complete mess! I have gotten so much better over the years, especially with having children, but in college, I was just everywhere and so was my stuff!! About once a month Ann would come into my room and say, "Amy, we are cleaning this room and going through your closet!" Ann's closet was always so neat and perfect. She had her shirts hung up by color, her t-shirts rolled in her drawers, and there were NO wire hangers! She had these thick, ORANGE, plastic hangers! I was so envious of this capability of being neat!

One of the many times that Ann was helping me clean up my closet she realized how many wire hangers I had. She was like, "Amy! No wire hangers!" She did a great rendition of Ms. Dunaway here!! If you are unsure of this movie, Phoebe , from Friends, did a scene like this!! From that moment on, I always bought plastic hangers. To me, that was my first step to trying not to be "a mess."

So, as I sat in my closet last night I became a bit nostalgic. I didn't realize that such a small request from Jay's teacher would make me think back! I thought about the great times in college and in high school and how far I have come from my wire hangers!! Thanks Ann and thanks Faye Dunaway, or should I say Joan Crawford?!

For all of you who know me fairly well know that I love my job. Does it come with some hardships and frustrations? Sure. Does it cause me to want to pull my hair out sometimes? Sure. Does it make me laugh everyday? You bet. But, from the getgo Jason and I have always discussed me taking a break from teaching and being home with our kids. The last year or so though Jason and I have talked more and more about it. I have been hesitant about it though because I do love my job and I do love my paycheck!! Well, recently we have talked more and more about and I think we are going to give it a chance. The final decision won't be made until about the end of May because I am still debating some things, but the way things look now, it will happen.

I have decided that if I am going to quit work, I am going back to school. So, starting June 7th, I will start my Master's program in Administration. The plan is to be a SAHM for a few years, get my degree, get the kids in school, and go back to work. It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to get my Masters in, but I knew I wanted it to be something that would help me move up in my career.

Another reason I have been hesitant to stop working is that Jason and I want to get a bigger vehicle. We crunched our numbers and realized without my paycheck we can't have a huge car note. My car and his truck are paid off, so we haven't had a car note in a few years. So, I have been really worried about a car payment, especially since we looked at cars last week and realized what kind of note we would be paying!! However, prayers have been answered!! A dear, dear family member is giving us a big SUV. Jason and I are floored with the news and could not be more grateful. The vehicle is paid off and we should be getting it in a few weeks. Now, we can continue to save some money and not put it into a car payment!!

This summer is going to be a hectic one!! We go down to NOLA in a couple of weeks for Ashley's graduation!! That same weekend we are having Jay's 3rd birthday party. I can't believe he is already 3!! We have been talking about his birthday for awhile and he keeps telling me that he is having a Buzz Lightyear party. He is just too cute! I am going back to NOLA in June so Ashley and I can go dress shopping for her wedding and then making a trip to Ruston in July. Jason is suppose to find out some time in June what's going to happen with his shift. I am OK with him keeping his Alpha shift IF I quit work. We will see each other plenty and he will be able to be with the boys more because we will all be home. Plus, working the Alpha shift he will be able to get more overtime and may have a better chance at getting on the Task Force.

All in all we are doing great. Jay is getting big and is ready to be outdoors. Jack Jack has a tooth coming in, so he has been struggling with that pain for a few days. I am anxious for summer to get here and for our vacation plans to happen!