I did it again!

Two of my friends (Lisa and Lindsey) and I went to Hurricane Harry's on Monday night to see the "famous" Chippendale dancers! We had a table on the FRONT row (which was really not worth the money!) and had a blast. The guys were okay (a little gross, really!) but it was still a lot of fun. I was just amazed at how suggestive they were with their movements! LOL!! There were a LOT of college girls there (as well as some older "Grandma" types- now THAT was funny!!) and they were going WILD.

Anyway, after the show, Lisa and I decided to get our noses pierced! I had mine done before I got pregnant with Blayden, and have been wanting to get it done again, so I figured why not?! :-)

Here's two pictures of it: (It's still a little swollen and bloody in those pictures though- it looks a lot better today!)

Blaydens "4 wheeler"

Here are a few pictures of Blayden on his little four wheeler (with big brother Daylon helping him out!) He loves it! :-)

OMG! I have a TODDLER!!!

In the last few days, Blayden has officially become a "toddler!" He SCREAMS when he doesn't get his way, throws things, acts like he's going to hit when he's mad, etc. He'll even lay down on the floor and throw a "temper tantrum" He's a little toot! I'll have to take a picture of his frowny face when he's not getting his way too- it's hilarious!

But man, he's a stinker!! I don't remember the other boys doing this QUITE so early!!!!

He also REALLY wants to be a big boy like his brothers. He wants to ride on their bikes, Daylon's 4-wheeler, and scooters like they do. And he'll just go and climb on them to do it himself! I took him for a little ride today on Daylon's small 4 wheeler, and he LOVES it! He just laughed the whole time.

I bought him a little kid 4 wheeler for 1-3 year olds and he likes that, but only if one of his brothers or I am standing right next to him while he goes. Hopefully he'll get over that though! He rides it around the living room and it's too cute- I'll have to take some pictures and post them soon.

What a toot!

Walking with Dinosaurs

Here are the pictures I promised from last weekend seeing "Walking with Dinosaurs" at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Me and the boys (Daylon stayed here with a friend)


A momma something-or-other and then a mean one that was tring to get to her babies (the small one is the mean one!) See how small the anouncer guy is compared to these things?!?!?


This is a baby brontiosauras (sp?) and it's mama, and a mean one trying to get to them both.


Big bird (flying over "water")


Forgot what this guy is called....


Tyranasauras Rex!!! (sp again???) LOL


Tyranasaures Rex and her baby (they were taking turns making noises- the mama would growl really loudly, then the baby would make a "baby" noise. The kids thought it was hilarious and it made them not so scared of the noise!)

It's going to be a LONG weekend!

Matt left early this morning to go to South Texas (Del Rio) to go hunting with a friend. I really don't mind him being gone- I actually enjoy being able to watch what I want on TV, relax, etc, without him around! LOL

But it's still going to be a little harder than normal. Daylon has a baseball game tonight, and Jace has a soccer game tomorrow morning. My mom and grandmother will be at both to help me with the other boys, but still- I hate going to their games without Matt there too!

LMAO!! Of course, I planned to do NOTHING on Sunday but Matt just called me to tell me that he locked his cars in his truck in Schulenburg (where he met the other guy and where he always leaves his truck) so it looks like I might be driving to Schulenburg on Sunday to give Matt keys to his truck. Fun stuff!! Men! (And Matt ALWAYS does this too!!!)

Anyway, I guess I'm going to go to the mall here in a little while. We have some ladies coming to clean the house for me (LOVE having a MIL that owns a cleaning service!!) so we need to be gone. I've got some Gym Bucks from Gymboree so I guess I'm going to go use those- woo-hoo!! More clothes for the boys that do NOT need them!! (Well, they might all need a few shirts and shorts....) LOL

That's about it for us today though!!

Update

Well, things have just been SOO busy with the boys lately!! This is what's been going on in the life of the Ratliff's:

Jace is in soccer so we have practice on Thursday evenings and games on Saturday mornings. Daylon is doing baseball and we've had practice 3 times a week for the past few weeks. His first game is tonight, with another practice on Wednesday and then another game on Friday. It's crazy!!!

Kelton has been sick. It started with a sore throat last Sunday. Then he said his ear was hurting him so I took him to the Dr. on Thursday. He had a double ear infection and then his ear drum in his right ear had BURST! So it had all sorts of yucky drainage stuff (but felt better to him since the pressure was gone!) :-)

Blayden is just walking everywhere and getting into everything. He is still SUCH a good baby, but needs his sleep or he's fussy!! He loves to play with his big brothers though, and LOVES to ride on Daylon's little four-wheeler with him. He's just so sweet too!! He's still got a stuffy nose almost all of the time though, so we're trying Singulair for him. It seems to be helping a little, but not just great. We might have to do something different soon.

We took Jace, Kelton, and Blayden to see "Walking With Dinosaurs" on Saturday in Houston. (Daylon was with a friend at a boy scout camp here.) It was SOOO cool!! We took tons of pictures so I'll try to download them soon and get them on here. The boys loved it!! Even Blayden watched it and didn't cry (which I was really surprised!!)

Matt's super busy with work and keeps selling and building more pools. He's going turkey hunting this coming weekend in South Texas so I'll have the boys all to myself- should be a BLAST! LOL

I'm still doing school but have missed a LOT of classes with the boys being sick as much as they have been- I can't believe this winter and spring so far with these boys!! Ugg!!! It's like I can't get them all well for more than a week at a time and then another one is sick! I'm still waiting to hear back to see if I got into A&M, but from what I understand they are going to be sending out letters this week (which Wednesday is "Transfer Day" at A&M so I'm hoping to hear by then if I've gotten is so I can go to that!! Ugg!!!)

I think that's about it though! I have a really cute video of the boys dancing, so I'm going to try to upload that on here for your viewing pleasures. :-) Hope ya'll are all doing great too!!!