My Horrible, Rotten, Mean Husband!

My heart is racing, and my hands are still shaking as I sit here and write what happened to me not long ago. I have never been so scared in my life.

My husband is horrible, rotten, and mean! Let me tell you why.

Josh had to work tonight, so after saying our goodbyes, I decided it was time to get Noah ready for bed. I gave Noah a quick scrub down in the bath, dried him off, put his pj's on, skipped brushing his teeth {shame on me}, kissed his sweet little head, and put him in his crib to go night-night. Noah typically goes to sleep anywhere from 8-9 pm, but tonight was different. He only had two short naps today, so he was a tired little guy. He didn't make one peep after I laid him down. So sweet.

After putting Noah to bed, I decided I'd better get busy cleaning the house. There were clothes to be hung, dishes to be cleaned, and toys scattered throughout the house to be picked up. But after looking at all that needed to be done, I decided the house work could wait and that instead I would get on the computer.

I sat down at the computer, pulled up my facebook and gmail, and then all of a sudden I was bombarded with a screen that said we had 10 viruses!! The screen listed out all of the viruses with some of them labeled as critical {whatever that means}. Great, that's not good. So I followed the instructions of the anti-virus program on our computer to hopefully get rid of the viruses, but for some reason the program was being stubborn and not doing what it should {yes, I'm blaming it on the anti-virus program}.

Did I mention my husband is horrible, rotten, and mean!

Anyway, I sent Josh a text message on his phone and told him we had some serious virus problems on our computer. He told me to get on gmail so we could chat. We were chatting back and forth, and I told him what I saw on the computer screen, blah blah blah, and he said he would check it out and fix it when he got home.

So I didn't think much else of it, and started reading about ways to Go Green. I have been wanting to read up on it lately and educate myself on how-to's of it all, but I keep forgetting. I browsed around a little bit and found a website with some good tips, so I opened up a compose document in my gmail and started listing what I found. All of a sudden...

...my typing was being controlled by someone else. Oh my gosh! I thought of the viruses on our computer that had popped up earlier. Did someone hack into our computer? Was someone watching everything I was doing?

I immediately started to type to Josh in our chat box because I was freaked out at that point, and then the person took over my typing, and wrote "Do not contact your husband." My heart leaped out of my chest. My whole body was shaking. Can the person see me? How did he/she know I had a husband? As soon as that crossed my mind the person wrote, "I am watching you." At that point I quit writing Josh on the computer, grabbed my phone, and sent Josh a text telling him he had to come home right now! I then realized neither one of us had locked the door after Josh had left {and I will never, ever do that again!}, so I immediately locked both dead bolts, closed all the blinds, checked the whole house, and then walked back over to the computer.

I see three words on the screen, "Do not move."

Well, I moved. I moved as fast as I could to shut the computer off immediately!

I could barely hold my phone because my hands were shaking so much, but somehow I managed to dial my mom's number and call her. We talked for a few minutes, and she told me to call Josh. Yeah good idea!

My heart was racing as I dialed his number. No answer. I dialed again, and still no answer. I dialed his number a third time before he finally he answered.

"Josh, you have to come home right now! I'm not kidding, I'm scared to death!!!"

"Why, what's wrong?"

"Josh, someone has hacked in our computer, and they say they are watching me, not to contact you, etc. Please come home right now! I'm so scared." I'm bawling at this point.

"Lib, calm down. It was me the whole time."

I don't even remember what I said after that. I just remember feeling a flood of relief and anger all at the same time.

And that my friends is why my husband is horrible, rotten, and mean!

I still can not believe he did that to me. I am still terrified to even take Einstein outside to go potty. I admit sometimes I am naive, but with the whole virus thing on our computer tonight, it seemed very believable. It felt like I was in the middle of a horror movie!

So if you would like to send my husband some hate mail I'll be glad to give you his email if you don't have it already.

Oh and by the way, if you haven't read the previous post, click here, because Noah is finally... {I'm not gonna tell you... you have to read it for yourself}.

I'm gonna go now and try to relax enough so my heart can beat back into normal sinus rhythm.

Goodnight!

Officially a Toddler!

Mr. Noah is officially a toddler now, because he is WALKING!

Just this past week he really took off! And I tell you, it is the sweetest, cutest, most precious thing ever. He stills crawls if he wants to get somewhere really fast, but he has been practicing his walking everyday and is becoming more and more proficient at it. Yay Noah! Mommy, Daddy, and Einstein are so proud of you. Here is the little guy in action! {Please excuse the mess in the background}



And Noah thanks his Granddad and Mimi for buying him some Prewalker shoes that are comfortable to walk in. They are so cute!

Noah you make your Mommy very proud!

Goodnight all!

A Weekend in Enemy Territory

Over Halloween weekend Josh went to the Deaf Men's Conference, so instead of Noah and I staying home alone all weekend, we decided to go visit my side of the family in Oklahoma. As soon as we arrived at my parents' house I spotted on the dining room table a small, bright orange jacket. I had a sneaking suspicion that the small, bright orange jacket probably had the three letters: O-S-U on it and that it was for Noah. You see, everyone in my family is a big Oklahoma State fan, so I wasn't the least bit surprised when they all tried to convert Noah to become an OSU fan as well. The weekend we went was the same weekend of the OSU/TEXAS football game, so Mimi went out and bought Noah an OSU jacket to wear so he could support the Cowboys.

I have to admit, the little jacket was pretty darn cute. It said "little cowboy" on the hood. But my mom didn't dare buy Noah "the enemy's" jacket without consulting with his daddy first. If any of you know Josh at all, you know he is a big TEXAS fan, so if he found out his son was wearing bright orange instead of burnt orange, he would not be very happy. But Josh gave her the ok and said Noah could wear it only because his aunt and uncle go to OSU. Oh goodness. Do you see what I'm in the middle of!?

The first night we were there we all went over to my Nana's house for dinner, and it was wonderful! We got to celebrate my Aunt Sherri's birthday, and Noah was sure glad it was her birthday because he got to dig into some yummy cake. We had such a wonderful night with all our family, and it was so good to see everyone again. Here are a few pictures at Nana and Roger's house.

We didn't actually go to the OSU/TEXAS game on Saturday, but we did make the trip to Stillwater for a few hours so we could spend some time with Matt, Megan, and Cory. There were so many activities going on there. People were tailgating all over the place, and there were Halloween festivities for the little ones on the campus. We brought Noah's Mickey Mouse costume with us, and he wore it for an hour or two while we were there. He was the sweetest little mouse I've ever seen.

But before I show you pictures of our time in Stillwater, I have to admit something my that mom and I did to poor little Noah. I felt so horrible. One lady came up to us and asked if we wanted to put Noah in the costume contest they were about to have. We thought it would be fun, but before we went to the contest we thought we would draw some whiskers and put a black little nose on Noah to complete his costume. We saw some markers over on a table, so we went over to see what kind they were. Obviously we wouldn't have used permanent marker or anything that we thought would have hurt his skin. On the table were Crayola washable markers, so we thought that would be perfect because it would wash off easily. Well. We were right. It washed off very easy, but left the worst looking red marks on his face. We felt sooooo bad. We had no idea it would do that to his skin. Learn from our mistake: do not use Crayola washable markers on your children's faces. Oops! By that evening Noah's face began clearing up, and it was completely clear by the next day. Whew! So that is why in some of the pictures you will see Noah with a red nose and whiskers on his poor little face.

Here are a couple more random pictures of our weekend in Oklahoma. We had a great weekend! I'm so glad we decided to go visit!

Fun in the Park

Yesterday was such a beautiful day, so we took the opportunity to go play outside and went to the park. We only wish we had gone earlier in the day because it got dark pretty soon after we got there. Does anyone else hate the time change? I mean, is it really necessary to fall back and spring forward? It sure has messed with our perfectly good routine. Mr. Noah is now waking up between 7:00 and 7:30 every morning. I was just beginning to get used to waking up around 8:00 or 8:30, and then this time change comes along and messes everything up. Oh well. Guess I better get used to it since it happens twice a year, right? Anyway, we had such a great time together at the park. I love my boys so much, and I am so thankful for them. Here are a few pictures of us at the park.

Josh pushing Noah in the swing.

Josh and the handsome little devil, Einstein.

Noah's first swing experience. He was a little unsure of it at first,
but once he got used to it, he loved it.

"Weeeee!"

Awww. I love this picture. So sweet!

Noah wanted to help Daddy walk Einstein.

Well I better call it a night. I have to be up at 5 am tomorrow morning for work. Yuck! Have a great night!

Weekend with Megan & Bowser

As I mentioned the other day, my youngest sister, Megan, decided to make a quick trip to Fort Worth to visit us last weekend, and we had so much fun. After getting lost, she (and her puppy Bowser) finally made it around 8pm on Friday evening. I gave her directions, but it was dark outside, so she missed the street she was supposed to turn on. But I don't blame Megan for getting lost; I would have gotten lost too if I didn't live here. I am horrible at following directions, and I'm worse at giving them.

Anyway, once she got to our apartment Noah, Einstein, and I met her and Bowser downstairs to let the dogs run around and chase each other for a little bit. We were hoping to they would get some of their "Oh my gosh it's another dog!" energy out. It worked for Einstein, but I'm not sure it's possible to wear Bowser out. Not only is he a puppy, but he has terrier energy in him. He sure is cute though. Noah loved watching Einstein and Bowser play. He thought it was so funny. Any time Noah sees another dog playing with Einstein, he just laughs and laughs.



After we watched the dogs play for a while, we decided to grab something to eat. We went to Genghis Grill, and it was good, but not 16 dollars good. Remind me to never go there again at dinner-time. But we had a great time, and Megan and I had a chance to catch up and talk about everything (one thing girls do best). Once we got home we gave Noah a bath and got him to bed, and then we sat down to watch a chick-flick. Ha. Trying to watch a movie with two crazy maniac dogs running around was impossible. We finally had to put the the ADHD dog (bowser) in his cage because he and Einstein would. not. stop. Oh, and did I mention Bowser hiked his leg twice on my beautiful curtains!? I do not miss the puppy stage at all. But Megan and her boyfriend, Cory, are doing a really great job training Bowser. You can tell he is learning, and for the most part he obeys very well. Bowser is their baby. I asked Megan, "What would happen if you guys broke up for good?" She replied, "Well, we decided on joint custody. He would go back and forth between the two of us." I laughed so hard.

Saturday morning was wonderful because we both got to sleep in. Well, I got up with Noah for a few hours in the morning, but then laid back down while Noah took his morning nap. Josh was home with us for a little while before he had to go into work, so we all decided to go eat some Mexican food. After we finished eating Josh had to go to work, so Megan and I decided to go shopping!

I had an outfit for Noah that I needed to exchange for a bigger size, so we went to Grapevine Mills mall. Josh gave me directions to the mall, and I felt pretty confident that I knew where I was going, but apparently I didn't because we got lost. Well kinda. We just had to turn around because I took the wrong exit. I told you I'm horrible at directions! We finally made it to the mall, and we shopped til we dropped. Noah was such a good baby as always. He got a little cranky, but I think it was because he was hungry and his teeth were hurting. He has had a pretty tough time with these two or three teeth coming in. Poor baby.

Guess what we found for Noah?! Two new pairs of shoes. Yay!

They are really cute on him, but I think we're going to have to buy him a pair of those shoes made for beginning walkers because Noah doesn't seem to want to take any steps with these shoes on. But both pairs are big enough for him to grow into once he gets the hang of walking. We looked all over the mall for shoes for Noah. After going into several shoe stores and finding nothing, we went into Payless, and of course we found a bunch to choose from. Megan found a pair she liked (and she was determined that we get them), and I found a different pair that I liked. We went back and forth on which shoes to get, and just like any woman who can't make up her mind, I got both! But that is all the shopping damage I did for the day, so really, I did pretty good. Here are a few pictures of Noah and Megan at the mall. I love Noah's expressions at the end of the slideshow like, "Are we done yet?"

Megan, thanks again for coming to see us! We need to have another girls' (and Noah) weekend soon!

Carmel Apple Cider & 2 Bottomless Pits

I have been lovin' the Fall weather we have had lately. This season is definitely one of my favorites. I can't believe how cold it has been last night and today. Brrr! Great snuggling weather, right? Sadly I don't have a snuggle partner tonight. Josh is working and sweet little Noah is sound asleep. Sniff Sniff.

I'm so tired. For the past thirty minutes, I've been sitting here at the computer fighting the urge to just go ahead and jump in bed, but I'm afraid if I do then I'll be wide awake at 2 am. So I'm resisting, and I'm staying put at the computer. Well at least for another 30 minutes.

Tonight I came across a recipe for caramel apple cider. Ohhh yummo! My favorite! I think one of my favorite things about the chilly fall weather is having a cup of warm apple cider in hand.

Seriously, my mouth is watering. I wish I had all of the ingredients to make some because I sure could use a cup to warm me up. I haven't made this recipe myself, but it sure sounds tasty, so if you want to try it out click here.

I think that is all I have tonight. I know, boo! But I promise I'll be back soon. I've gotta hop in bed now. I'm not only tired, but I'm freeeezzzing cold.

Wait, I lied. I do have a picture for you. And it's pretty darn funny. Let me give you a little back ground information first. Anytime I sit down to eat, I immediately have four eyes staring at me. That's right: Noah and Einstein. I always knew Einstein was a bottomless pit, but I'm starting to think Noah is too. Haha. Anyway, so the other night I sat down with my dinner and as always I had four eyes glued on me. Then all of a sudden Noah looks at Einstein, and does this:

"Einstein, back off! There is not enough for the both of us."

I love this picture. Makes me laugh every time I look at it. They are so funny!

Goodnight.